Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Titles and Programs for a New Generation

by Angela Carstensen

Overview

Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide Outstanding Books for the College Bound will give teen services staff the leg up they need to make it happen. Listing nearly 200 books deemed outstanding for the college bound by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this indispensable resource Examines how the previous lists in the series were developed, and explains the book’s new layout Features engaging, helpful book descriptions useful for readers’ advisory Offers programming tips and other ideas for ways the lists can be used at schools and public libraries Includes indexes searchable by topic, year, title, and authorMore than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838993156
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	05/27/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Angela Carstensen is head librarian at Convent of the Sacred Heart, a K–12 independent school for girls in New York City. An active member of YALSA since 2000, Angela served as the chair of the 2010 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults committee. She previously served for four years on the Alex Awards committee, and as chair in 2008.

Table of Contents

Introduction Angela Carstensen Part I Developing and Using the Lists Chapter 1 Forty Years of Outstanding Books: Origin, History, and Committee Processes, by Paula Brehm-Heeger Chapter 2 Outstanding Books and Public Libraries: The List as Merchandising Tool, by Mary Arnold Chapter 3 Outstanding Books in School Libraries: Curriculum Connections and Readers’ Advisory, by Priscille Dando Chapter 4 Outstanding Books in an Academic Setting, by Judith Walker Chapter 5 Outstanding Books for Nontraditional Students and Lifelong Learners, by Penny Johnson Part II The Annotations, revised and expanded by Angela Carstensen Chapter 6 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, 1999 Chapter 7 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, 2004 Chapter 8 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, 2009 Chapter 9 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, by Genre, 1999–2009 Appendix Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners Policies and Procedures