Posts Tagged ‘teen services’
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The Right to Read: The How and Why of Supporting Intellectual Freedom for Teens
October 8, 2014 | 6 commentsIn brief: Intellectual freedom and equal access to information are central to libraries’ mission, but libraries often fail to consider the intellectual freedom needs of teenage patrons, or lump teen patrons in with children in conversations of intellectual freedom. However, adolescence is developmentally distinct from childhood, and the freedom to access information of all kinds…
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What I Wish I’d Known About Building Teen Services From Scratch
May 22, 2013 | 14 commentsTags: community building, new librarians, public libraries, teen services, teens, ya librarianship, ya servicesIn brief: During my first professional position I found myself building a teen services program from scratch at a public library in a small town. In this article, I reflect on some of what I learned through that experience, including the value of data, the importance of having a vision, how much relationships matter, and…