MORE 'COLLECTION-DEVELOPMENT' POSTS
The other day, I was interviewed by up and coming ya author Victoria Scott regarding Collection Development. Collection development is, of course, one of the biggest parts of our job. Although, ironically, I once worked at a library that put together a spread sheet of how much time you should spend each week of your […]
Tuesday Top 10: Time Travel
Collection Development, Hourglass, Mr. Was, Myra McEntire, Pete Hautman, Rebecca Stead, Teen Fiction, Time Travel, Timepiece, Top 10s, When You Reach Me, YA Lit
|Since we are talking about Mr. Was and time travel, I thought we should put today’s Top 10 list together: Time Travel books! So I’ll share my list of Top 10 Time Travel books for teens, then you share yours in the comments. And if you are really brave, share a day you would go […]
Making the Match: Why finding the right book is important by Teri Lesesne (guest post)
Booktalking, Collection Development, Guest Blogger, Teri Lesesne
|One of my teens making a match! A few weeks ago, I read about the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) summer course entitled Making the Match. I decided to email the instructor for this course, Teri Lesesne, to see if she would be interested in writing a guest post for us. Teri is @professornana […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post defending the notion that adults not only could, but that they should read YA fiction. You can read the post here, but the basic premise is this: we work with teens, we live in a world with teens, we were once teens so, of course, we should read […]
This is one of those ‘informative training type’ posts where I want to let you guys in on a little website that has completely blown my Snuggie off. (Don’t steal my phrase…I’m gonna trademark that.) Basically, if you are a librarian who orders books or if you work in collection development, you are going to […]
Reading the Zombie Apocalypse
Book Reviews, Booklists, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory, Zombies
|Zombies are invading again. They’re everywhere. On the streets. In your house. On the TV…and in your bookshelf. These brain-munchers have made an amazing comeback as they moan and shuffle their way to the top of young adult novel enthusiasts’ lists. Now it seems that you don’t have to be even interested in zombies before […]
At some point in our life most of us have had a parent hold our hand as they helped us learn to use a knife by guiding it through an apple or a freshly baked loaf of bread. That’s not how it happened with Jazz. There was no freshly baked loaf of bread. But there […]
As a reader and a librarian, it’s easy to just stick with what is comfortable; What you know is going to move off of your shelves. I know that my teens are waiting for the sequel to Delirium by Lauren Oliver, as am I. It’s a sure bet. We know that the next John Green or […]
Well, you probably thought I was never going to get back to it. And yet, here they are: a look at some of the titles coming your way in April 2012. Hang on to your seat because there are a lot of them. Remember, these are just brief overviews to help you get an idea […]
As many of know, I am the aunt to 3 boys on the autism spectrum, one of whom is now officially a teenager. His life is very different from the teens we usually see in our libraries. He won’t be coming to any library programs or telling you what he thinks about the books he […]
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