Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults

Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults
Author: Amy S. Pattee
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2020-02-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538123568

In the five years since the first edition of Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults was published, numerous changes have taken place in the landscape of young adult literature and young adult library services. Informed by the professional activism—including the “We Need Diverse Books” (#wndb) movement—today’s professionals recognize that library collections for young adults are incomplete if they fail to address and reflect a diversity of racial, ethnic, and cultural identities; gender identities; sexual orientations; and identities related to ability and disability. Contemporary librarians working to diversify their collections select material in a number of formats and must consider the accessibility of both old and new media as they select titles and resources. Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults, Ensuring Inclusion and Access, Second Edition, offers guidance to librarians confronted with an expanding universe of published material from which to select. With special emphasis on the principles of inclusion and accessibility, this new edition of Developing Library Collections includes guidelines for creating a young adult collection development policy, conducting a needs assessment, and evaluating and selecting print and nonprint material for the library’s YA collection.

Developing Library Collections

Developing Library Collections
Author: Amy S. Pattee
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2020
Genre: Libraries
ISBN: 9781538123553

With a dual focus on access and diversity, this book includes timely and necessary guidance for librarians seeking to diversify their collections with material that reflects racial, ethnic, and gender diversity as well as the experiences of individuals with disabilities.

Collection Development Statement

Collection Development Statement
Author: Chicago Public Library. Central Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1982
Genre: Collection development (Libraries)
ISBN:

Books for All

Books for All
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 806
Release: 1928
Genre: Best books
ISBN: