Part One. Young adult programs and services -- Using popular culture to connect teens and public libraries / Shari Lee -- Open in different ways : the use of Discord to resolve teen service challenges resulting from COVID shutdown (and the accidental creation of a new service) / Jennifer Velasquez -- Outreach, community, and connections for readers and teachers using social media / Jennifer Burek Pierce and Jackie Biger -- The challenges of defining outreach services to underserved teens / Jess Snow -- Unleashing the power of hip hop : catalyst for equitable library services for young adults / Kafi D. Kumasi -- Social workers in the library : enhancing services to young adults / Shannon Crooks and Renate Chancellor -- Youth-centered young adult services : cocreated spaces, experiences, and opportunities / Anthony Chow -- That was then. This is now. Not so different : program evaluation and youth librarianship / Melissa Gross -- Part Two. Intellectual Freedom and Collections -- Challenges and opportunities in young adult collection development / Michael Cart -- Self-censorship in a politically charged environment / Beth Brendler and Kerry Townsend -- Built in the built environment : leveraging social control in creating authentic public library teen spaces / Shari Lee -- Challenges and opportunities of the misinformation society : youth librarianship as conscious social action / Roger B. Perira Domingues and Denise E. Agosto -- A rainbow of diverse opportunities : serving LGBTQIA+ teens in school and public libraries / Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Gwendolyn Nixon -- The challenge of being expert in youth literature / Mary Ann Harlan -- The new teenager presents new challenges to libraries / Mike A. Males -- Part Three. Institutional Capacities and Models -- Managing up : critical lessons for influence and effectiveness / Ken Haycock -- Understanding the politics of libraries in a time of book banning / Patrick Sweeney -- Youth services in public and school libraries : historical constraints = contemporary challenges / Wayne A. Wiegand -- Overcoming erasure : the first young adult library space / Anthony Bernier -- VOYA : the motivational magazine / Dina Schuldner -- Young adult services in libraries as development work : consider Lubuto Library Partners / Jolani Rhodenizer -- Organizing a young adult services unit: vertical or horizontal integration / Anthony Bernier -- Learning about race, racism, and whiteness in school library preparation programs / Julia Burns Petrella.
Summary:
"Finally, a single-volume comprehensively introducing and addressing the most pressing issues and opportunities in YA services. Edited by two senior YA scholars, Young Adult Library Services: Challenges and Opportunities will solve the problem of cobbling together disparate readings into one efficient treatment for a YA services textbook"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.