Jeanette Larson

Children's Services Today

A Practical Guide for Librarians

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Here, one of America's foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children. Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and "toolkits" that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services. Children's Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers basic background, practical experience, and best practices necessary for the successful provision of children's services in today's public library. Whether you are a part-time children's librarian in a small, rural library, a generalist assigned to provide children's programming in a medium-sized library, or a paraprofessional working in the children's department in a large urban library, this practical guide will help you implement dynamic programs and services that meet the needs of today's children and families

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Produktdetails

• Practical Guides for Librarians Nr.14
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 821g
• ISBN-13: 9780810893245
• ISBN-10: 081089324X
• Artikelnr.: 41852516

Autorenporträt

Jeanette Larson is the author of El día de los niños/El día de los libros: Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community through Día (American Library Association, 2011), CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries (Texas State Library, 2008), The Public Library Policy Writer (Neal-Schuman, 2008), and Bringing Mysteries Alive For Children and Young Adults (Linworth, 2004) as well as numerous manuals for the Texas Reading Club. She is also the author of Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore From the Americas (Charlesbridge, 2011). After more than 35 years working in and with public libraries, she now teaches for Texas Woman's University and is an independent consultant and trainer. She has spoken and written extensively about children's library services. In 2002 the Texas Library Association honored her work with children with the Siddie Joe Johnson Award and named her Librarian of the Year in 1998.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Children's Services in Public Libraries
Chapter 2. Whom We Serve Chapter 3. The Children's Collection Chapter 4.
Library Services for Children Chapter 5. Early Literacy Programs for
Children and Families Chapter 6. Programs for Elementary Children Chapter
7. Reading Initiatives and Celebrations Chapter 8. Management of the
Children's Department Appendix 1. Competencies for Librarians Serving
Children in Public Libraries Appendix 2. Awards and Best Lists Index About
the Author