Collection Development
Take 5: Link Roundup for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the Month of May (2022)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some of the online resources she's reading and talking about for the month of May
Teen Fiction 2022 by the Numbers (So Far)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen takes a look at YA fiction numbers so far for 2022 and crunches some numbers
Sunday Reflections: That Time I Got to Help Build an ALL Youth Library
Teen librarian Karen Jensen walks you through Fort Worth Public Library's new all youth library, Reby Cary
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Do You Know: Reflection Press & Children’s Books as a Radical Act, a Diversity Audit Resource
Reflection Press has put together a well made infographic to regarding representation and own voices in children's publishing. Add this tool to your collection of tools to discuss representation and collection development.
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2019 Collection Development Resources, a handy list of resources to help you buy new books in the new year
One of the reasons that I do this blog is that it allows me to create and curate a resource for myself. That’s right, I use this blog as a resource just as much as I hope others might. It works as sort of a journal, a manual if you will, to help me be […]
Collecting Comics: September 2018 edition with Ally Watkins
Here are some great September comics your teens and tweens will enjoy! SLAM! The Next Jam by Pamela Ribon and illustrated by Marina Julia with Brittany Peer and Veronica Fish (BOOM! Box, September 11). Knockout and Can Can have broken one of the biggest rules in roller derby…not to mention some actual bones. When they […]
What’s New in LGBTQIA+ YA September 2018
It’s time for another roundup for new and forthcoming YA (and sometimes not YA) books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. The titles I’m including here have LGBTQIA+ main characters as well as secondary characters (in some cases parents), as well as anthologies that include LGBTQIA+ stories. Know of a title I missed in this list? Or know of a […]
How Much YA Gets Published Each Year? Discussing YA Collection Development Challenges
This year has been a deep dive into collection development for me. Actually, the last two years have been. Granted, collection development is always a part of the job and it is arguably my favorite part of the job, but these past 2 years I have been deeply involved in analysis and budgets and things […]
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