Library Service to Tweens

by Melanie A. Lyttle, Shawn D. Walsh

Overview

This comprehensive guide to tween library services begins with a developmental description of this ever-changing group and offers practical advice about materials and programming. Criteria are provided for categorizing books, music, movies and magazines as appropriate for tweens, with special attention given to the reluctant reader. The authors discuss how to determine where tween services fit within the broader spectrum of youth services, and how to provide support for them. Information on marketing and outreach to tweens and their adults completes this essential guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476663197
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	02/13/2017
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Melanie A. Lyttle is the head of Public Services at the Madison (Ohio) Public Library. She has written for the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section newsletter, ALSCMatters, Children and Libraries, Public Libraries Online and chapters in several anthologies. She lives in Mentor, Ohio. Shawn D. Walsh is the Emerging Services and Technologies librarian at the Madison (Ohio) Public Library. He is a contributor to Public Libraries Online, Children and Libraries and chapters in several different library related anthologies. He lives in Hubbard, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section 1. Who Is a Tween?
 1. Developmental and Educational Psychology
 2. Current Writings on Tweens
 3. Tween Archetypes
 4. Tweens in Your Community
Section II. Gathering Support for Tween Services
 5. Administrative Support for Tween Services
 6. Gaining Support from Your Staff
 7. Collegial Support for Tween Services
 8. Community Support for Tween Services
Section III. Creating and Caring for the Tween Librarian
 9. Who Is the Ideal Tween Services Librarian?
10. Continuing Education
Section IV. Setting the Stage for the Tween Collection
11. Creating Your Tween Space
12. Finding Tween Materials Within Collections
Section V. Tween Materials
13. An Annotated Sample List of Tween Books
14. Books for the Reluctant Reader
15. Periodicals for Tweens
16. Audiovisual Materials for Tweens
Section VI. The Continuum of Youth Programming
17. Library Services for Children
18. Library Services for Teens and New Adults
Section VII. Tween Programming
19. Recipes for Successful and Unsuccessful Programs
20. Everything Old Is New Again
Section VIII. The Final Pieces for Successful Tween Services
21. Your Tween Advisory Group
22. Marketing to Tweens
23. Outreach
Conclusion
Index