Transcript Connecting Young Adults & Libraries

Best Practices and New Directions
Serving Young Adults in Schools and Public Libraries
Patrick Jones
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
http:/www.connectingYA.com
Power Up With Print
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Why don’t YAs like to read
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Associate with failure
Time and energy
Negative pressures
Not stimulated by ideas
No encouragement
Cultural/gender/development issues
Not a priority
Can’t find the good books/stuff to read
FAQs and ongoing q/a
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What is a core collection?
Why have a core collection?
How does a book make this core
collection?
Is this a core collection for
young adults or young adult core
collection?
How do you start compiling a
core collection?
If this is core collection of
“great” books, what does great
mean?
STRANDED
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core
collection for
an island
 Favorites
 Consensus
favorites
STRANDED: EXPERTS
CHOOSE THEIR CORE
COLLECTIONS
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Adams, Douglas.
Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy
Anderson, Laurie
Halse. Speak
Anonymous. Go Ask
Alice
Bauer, Joan. Rules
of the Road
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Block, Francesca Lia.
Weetzie Bat
Blume, Judy. Forever
Card, Orson Scott.
Ender’s Game
Chbosky, Stephen.
The Perks of Being a
Wallflower
Cooney, Caroline. The
Face on the Milk
Carton
STRANDED: EXPERTS
CHOOSE THEIR CORE
COLLECTIONS
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Cormier, Robert.
After the First Death
Cormier, Robert. The
Chocolate War
Crutcher, Chris
Staying Fat For Sarah
Byrnes
Cushman, Karen.
Catherine Called Birdy
Garden, Nancy. Annie
On My Mind.
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Hinton, S.E. The
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Klause, Annette Curtis.
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Outsiders
Blood And Chocolate
Lee, Harper. To Kill A
Mockingbird.
Lowry, Lois The Giver
McKinley, Robin.
Beauty
STRANDED: EXPERTS
CHOOSE THEIR CORE
COLLECTIONS
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Myers, Walter Dean.
Fallen Angels
Myers, Walter Dean.
Monster
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
Pullman, Philip. His
Dark Materials trilogy
Rowling. J. K. Harry
Potter series
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Sacher, Louis. Holes
Salinger, J.D. The
Catcher in the Rye
Spiegelman, Art. Maus
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl
Thomas, Rob Rats Saw
God
Wolff, Virginia Make
Lemonade
STRANDED:
Patrick Picks
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Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
Anonymous Go Ask Alice
Bell , Ruth Changing Bodies, Changing
Lives
Cormier, Robert. We All Fall Down
Foley, Mick. Have a Nice Day
Groening, Matt. Simpsons comics
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Klause, Annette Curtis The Silver Kiss
STRANDED:
Patrick Picks
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Moore, Alan Watchman
Pirsig, Robert Zen & the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance
Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever.
Stine, R.L. The Surprise Party
Shukur, Tupac The Rose that Grew in
Concrete
Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit
THE CORE OF THE CORE: Your
picks
For your
consideration-
Things
Change
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and
Company,
April 2004)
Maintaining a collection
 Collection
development
doesn’t mean
buying new
books
Maintaining a core collection
 Monster
by
Walter Dean
Myers
 Buy the
Printz
winners and
the honor
Maintaining a core collection
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Trueman, Terry.
Stuck in Neutral.
Consider all of the
books which are
selected for Best
Books and Quick
Picks; buy those
which make both of
these lists
Maintaining a core collection
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Spinelli, Jerry.
Stargirl. Peer
Pressure.
Consider all the
books reviewed in
VOYA which
receive 4 or 5 in
either popularity or
quality; buy those
which are perfect
tens.
Maintaining a core collection
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Bauer, Joan. Hope
Was Here.
Buy any book which
is listed as the
year’s best teen
seller on Amazon
Maintaining a core collection
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Flinn, Alex.
Breathing
Underwater.
Buy any book which
is listed as the
year’s best by
Amazon’s editors
and follow teen
reviews lists and
picks
Maintaining a core collection
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Crutcher, Chris. Whale
Talk.
Consider any book listed
in the various VOYA
“best lists” and the
other YALSA lists like
the Alex Awards or
popular paperbacks; buy
those by authors or
subjects with a strong
track record.
Maintaining a core collection
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Anderson, Laurie
Halse. Speak.
Look at circulation
reports: buy
another copy of
anything that is
getting heavy,
heavy use and look
at lost books
reports: buy and
replace core titles
Maintaining a core collection
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Giles, Gail.
Shattering Glass.
Look at YALSA-BK,
follow the
discussions of
titles, and learn
which YALSA-BK
reviewers seem to
know their stuff
and follow their
lead.
Maintaining a core collection
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Ryan, Sara. Empress of
the World.
Look closely at the
monthly catalogs of
vendors such as Book
Wholesalers to find the
paperback reprint
edition of titles which
are, as of this writing,
only available in
hardback
Maintaining a core collection
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Haddix, Margaret
Peterson. Don’t You
Dare Read This, Mrs.
Dunphrey.
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Ask teens over and
over and over again: is
that what you want?
Survey, open up your
web page to teen
reviews, do book
discussion groups,
conduct exit
interviews, conduct an
annual favorite book
Maintaining a collection
 Reading
is
more than
fiction; more
than books;
Topic One:
The case for graphic
formats
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Why would a school or public library
want to collect graphic formats?
What is the pull of comic books for
young men in the making?
The Fantastic four:
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Independence
Excitement
Identity
Acceptance
Topic One:
The case for graphic
formats
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Large print and board books
Pop goes the synergetic culture
Arethea knows: R E S P E C T
Nobody likes to fail
Reader response
Adults and other obstacles
Graphic novels, not.
Topic One:
The case for graphic
formats
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Superheroes
Movie and TV tie-ins
Japanese animation (manga)
Comics for kids
Comics for adults
Comics for all
Picture books for all
Big books
Photography and other graphic arts
Power Up With Print
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Young adults like magazines
1. Visual
2. Appeal to short attention spans.
3. Speak to developing special interests.
4. Socially acceptable reading material.
5. Information on important stuff - sex, love, etc.
6. Fads/celebrities
7. Easy reading level
8. Don't have to read them at school: no pressure
9. Dream/fantasize/set goals
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Computer Gaming
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For more information:
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Patrick Jones
([email protected])
A Core Collection for
Young Adults (NealSchuman, 2003)
features annotation
of over 150 graphic
formats.
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
Patrick Jones
http://www.connectingya.com
 Consulting,
training, and
coaching for providing
powerful youth services
including library card
campaigns and web
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