Thinking Outside the Book: Alternatives for Today's Teen Library Collections

by C. Allen Nichols

Overview

Expand your teen collection beyond traditional print books into exciting alternatives that will get teens into your library and keep them coming back. Top teen librarians share their inspiration and expertise on how to defy limits, and create the kind of collection that appeals to the diverse range of today's teens. You'll find valuable guidelines and tips on how to broaden and enliven your collection with graphic novels, magazines (and zines), audiobooks, video, music, interactive software and games, and more. You'll also discover how to harness the power of the Internet and establish a virtual collection. There is even a chapter presenting options for shelving and display of these alternative media. If you're ready to bring your teen collection into the 21st century, now's the time to act—and this is a great place to start. Grades 6-12.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591580591
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2004
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

C. ALLEN NICHOLS is Director, Wadsworth Public Library, Adjunct Instructor, Kent State Graduate School of Library and Information Science, past president of the Ohio Library Association, and elected fiscal officer of ALA's YALSA division.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Zines for Teens by Christine Borne and Kevin Ferst
But Those Aren't Really Books! Graphic Novels and Comic Books by David S. Serchay
To Read or Not To Read: Developing Audiobook Collections for Teen Listeners by Franscisca Goldsmith
Tunes and Teens: A No Nonsense Guide by Melanie Rapp-Weiss
Teens and the Big Screen: Building Video Collections to Bring Them Together by Sarah Flowers
Nothing but Net: A Virtual Collection Young Adults Will Want to Use by Tracey A. Firestone
Teens Got (Much More Than) Game by Valerie Ott
Shelving and Display Options by C. Allen Nichols
Selected Bibliography
Index
Contributors
About the Editor