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Doing a YA Collection Diversity Audit: The How To (Part 2)
Collection Development, Diversity, Diversity in YA, Professional Development
|So yesterday I began telling you about doing my diversity audit. I began in a place that many people wouldn’t suspect, by doing a local community needs and assessment evaluation. I thought if I wanted to understand why I was building a diverse/inclusive collection, I also wanted to understand who I was doing it for. […]
In Our Mailbox: How Do You Keep Track of New Releases?
Collection Development, New Releases, Professional Development
|Occasionally we get email from readers, which we try to answer. One question we’ve gotten asked a lot is about how we keep track of upcoming MG and YA releases. So today we thought we would share with you each of our personal methods. Share yours with us in the comments please. How Karen Keeps […]
What prompts a teen to pick up one book instead of another? Evy dug through Heather’s big old box-o-books and picked four to take home. What did she pick and why? This TLT Teen Advisory Board member is an avid YouTube fan, so she decided to tell you in a video. Thanks Evy! Books discussed: […]
Maker Bookshelf, the next step in our Maker journey at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
Collection Development, Makerspace, Professional Development, Tech Talk, Technology
|A few weeks ago, I announced that we were organizing a Maker Collection of materials that we will circulate at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County. It is one of three things we are doing to better incorporate the Maker movement into our library. This is the process we went through to […]
Early Word YA Galley Chat
Collection Development, Professional Development, Social Media, Twitter, Twitter Chat
|Every month Early Word hosts a Twitter chat for YA librarians and readers to gather together and discuss upcoming titles. You can follow the hashtag #ewyagc to see yesterday’s discussion. Or you can check out the handy Storified version of the conversation. What is Early Word? It’s an online tool for collection development and reader’s […]
When I began my freshman year of college in Mount Vernon, Ohio, I went to the student office and asked about job placement. I had to work while in college in order to maybe be able to afford college. They asked me what my major was – youth ministry – and they said the local […]
Killing Your Darlings (A reflection on weeding)
Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Collection Development, The Sunnydale Project, Weeding
|Weeding. Sometimes, it seems such a violent act. Sometimes we have to kill our darlings. And for me, that time came in 2011. And it involved my beloved Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You see, as a Buffy fan I had been on standing order for the book series since forever. But time marches on, shows […]
Five by Five: 5 Speculative Fiction and 5 Contemporary Fiction Books that Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans Should Read
Buffy, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory, Sunnydale Project
|As a Buffy fan, I will often finish a book and think to myself, that would be a great book for Buffy fans. Sometimes the connections are obvious – vampires, zombies and demons, oh my! Sometimes it has more to do with the tone or the characters. The cast of Buffy had a certain snark […]
Take 5: Karen’s TBR Pile (I’ll Show You Mine if You’ll Show Me Yours)
Collection Development, Elizabeth Scott, Heartbeat, Internet, Made for You, Mellisa Marr, Reader's Advisory, Stalking, Survival, TBR
|We have come to the point in my year when I have fallen behind in reading the books in my TBR pile. This seems to be a yearly event, maybe I should celebrate with balloons and cake. Please tell me I’m not the only one behind on my reading . . . Anyhow, I thought […]
Earlier this month it was revealed that the football program at Sayreville in New Jersey was suspended due to allegations that the team was engaging in horrific acts of hazing that included sexually abusing their team mates. Hazing asks – forces, requires – people to do embarrassing or dangerous acts in order for them to […]
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