Creating a Tween Collection - A Practical Guide for Librarians

Creating a Tween Collection shows librarians how to evaluate their current juvenile and teen collections; meet all tween needs for recreation, education, and life skills; and carve out space, market, budget, and justify the need for a tween collection.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Who are "Tweens" and What do They Want?

Chapter 2 Why Create a Tween Collection?

Chapter 3 What is Tween Literature?

Chapter 4 Beyond Print Materials

Chapter 5 Evaluating Current Collections

Chapter 6 Carving Out Space

Chapter 7 Controversy in Tween Literature

Chapter 8 Should you Add Nonfiction?

Chapter 9 Budgets

Chapter 10 Marketing your New Collection

Appendix 1 Selected Titles Fiction

Appendix 2 Selected Title Nonfiction

Appendix 3 Case Study Eton Academy

Appendix 4 Case Study Geneva Public Library

Appendix 5 Case Study Loutit District Library

Appendix 6 Case Study Novi Public Library

Bibliography

About the author

By Karen M. Smith

Summary

Creating a Tween Collection shows librarians how to evaluate their current juvenile and teen collections; meet all tween needs for recreation, education, and life skills; and carve out space, market, budget, and justify the need for a tween collection.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Smith, Karen M. Smith, Smith Karen M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781538116937
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1693-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Practical Guides for Librarians; Practical Guides for Librarian; Practical Guides for Librarian; Practical Guides for Librarians
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; School libraries & young reader services, Acquisitions & collection development, Acquisitions and collection development