Young Adults Deserve the Best - YALSA's Competencies in Action (Paperback, New)

As high school enrollment continues to rise, the need for effective librarianship serving young adults is greater than ever before. "Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth," developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is a document outlining eight areas of focus for providing quality library service in collaboration with teenagers. In this book, Flowers identifies and expands on these competency areas. This useful work includes Anecdotes and success stories from the field Guidelines that can be used to create evaluation instruments, determine staffing needs, and develop job descriptions Additional professional resources following each chapter that will help librarians turn theory into practice The first book to thoroughly expand on this important document, Young Adults Deserve the Best is a key foundational tool not only for librarians but also for young adult specialists, youth advocacy professionals, and school administrators.

General

Imprint:	ALA Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Sarah Flowers
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	125
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8389-3587-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services
LSN:	0-8389-3587-7
Barcode:	9780838935873

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