Transforming young adult services

Title:

ISBN:

9780838917749

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

Chicago : ALA-Neal Schuman, 2020.

Physical Description:

xlviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Foreword to the first edition / by John M. Budd -- Preface : Young adult services at the crossroads / by Anthony Bernier -- Introduction : Making the case for transforming / by Anthony Bernier -- Envisaging young adult librarianship from a teen--centered perspective / by Denise E. Agosto -- Diverse identity in anxious times : young adult literature and contemporary culture / by Karen Coats -- Students or learners? Conceptualizing youth in school libraries / by Mary Ann Harlan -- Misfits, loners, immature students, and reluctant readers : librarianship in the construction of teen readers of comics / by Lucia Cedeira Serantes -- Identity at odds : the sometimes conflicting viewpoints about young adults' rights in libraries / by Cherie Givens -- Situating youth voice : moving from understanding to action through critical theory / by Jeanie Austin -- Crossing over : the advent of the adultescent / by Michael Cart -- Storytelling, young adults, and three paradoxes / by Kate McDowell -- "The library is like her house" : reimagining youth of color in LIS discourses / by Kafi D. Kumasi -- Beyond coaching : copiloting with young adults / by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko -- LIS's Vision of young adults : some historical roots for current theories and practice / by Mary K. Chelton -- Tribalism versus citizenship : are youth increasingly unwelcome in libraries? / by Mike Males -- Imagining today's young adults in LIS : moving forward with critical youth studies / by Paulette Rothbauer -- Moving beyond YAs as "citizens" : the promise of membership / by Anthony Bernier -- Conclusion : Membership's promise for praxis / by Anthony Bernier.

Abstract:

"This revised and expanded second edition updates a provocative collection of 14 expert contributions to the debate inaugurated in 2013 addressing LIS's historic avoidance in defining and envisioning its young adult users by offering readers a diverse set of possible responses to how LIS should define YAs for its own professional, institutional, and research purposes"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Young adults' libraries.

Young adults' libraries -- United States.

Libraries and teenagers.

Libraries and teenagers -- United States.

Libraries and teenagers. (OCoLC)fst00997580

Young adults' libraries. (OCoLC)fst01183241

Geographic Term:

United States.

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Added Author:

Bernier, Anthony

Budd, John, 1953-

Other Format:

Online version: Transforming young adult services Second edition. Chicago : American Library Association, 2019. 9780838919330 (DLC) 2019024014

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Summary

Foreword by John M. Budd; with contributions from Denise E. Agosto, Jeanie Austin, Michael Cart, Mary K. Chelton, Karen Coats, Kate McDowell, Cherie Givens, Mary Ann Harlan, Kafi D. Kumasi, Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, Mike Males, Paulette Rothbauer, Lucia Cedeira Serantes

How should LIS envision its young adult users? Now showcasing an even more rigorous debate about the theory and practice of YA librarianship than its first edition, this "provocative presentation of diverse viewpoints by leaders in the field" ( Catholic Library World ) has been updated and expanded to incorporate recent advances in critical youth studies. A comprehensive, evidence-based treatment that offers LIS instructors, students, and practitioners a valuable tool for aligning YA services to more fully reflect our diverse populations of young people, this collection delves deeply into such topics as

the historical roots for current theories and practice; how intellectual freedom, storytelling, library collections, and other service topics can connect with the library's notion and vision of young adults; diverse YA identities, including critical race theory; competing perspectives on young adults' rights in libraries; envisaging YA librarianship from a teen-centered perspective; youth identities and the school library; and moving beyond coaching to copilot with young adults.

Author Notes

Anthony Bernier , PhD, is professor at California's San José State University School of Information. As a critical youth studies scholar, Dr. Bernier explores the administration of library services with young people as his primary field of research. The iSchool has awarded him Distinguished Service, Outstanding Professor, and Outstanding Researcher Awards. He received two National Leadership Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (on library spaces for young people), one from ALA's Diversity Research Committee, and another from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) in support of his research on first-generation graduate students. He also served a four-year term on ALA's Committee on Accreditation, chaired several national professional and academic associations, was recently elected chair of ALA's Library History Round Table, and currently writes the regular "YA Strike Zone" column for Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). A practicing YA specialist librarian and administrator for 15 years, he designed the first purpose-built library space for teenaged youth, the Los Angeles Public Library's acclaimed Teen'Scape, and produced nationally recognized youth outreach and programming models. Dr. Bernier's doctoral dissertation at the University of California examined changing notions of public space in twentieth-century America.

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Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

The underlying perspective of this professional resource is that YA service should move from a model where youth are seen as underrealized adults (who need to be corrected or developed ) to one where youth are valued as individuals and where library service embraces teens-in-the-moment. Chapters are arranged in three sections: describing the librarian's perspective of young adults and young adult literature; uncovering the marginalization of youth and moving teens into partnership with LIS activities; and exploring YA rights and intellectual freedom. The book is scholarly in tone and focus, and the picture it presents of youth and youth services is heavily biased by the imperfect lens of theory. Editor Bernier is a professor at San Jose State University, and the bulk of the authors are also library-school professors. Although it may be difficult for researchers to envision teens as individuals, working librarians certainly know they will engage with a variety of personalities each day. Descriptions of practice and trends sometimes seem outdated, such as the author who predicts the next big home for book reviews will be social media sites such as Myspace. Nevertheless, the theories are engaging, and LIS students and YA researchers should find it of interest.--Weak, Emily Copyright 2010 Booklist