Collection Management for Youth: Responding to the Needs of Learners / Edition 1

by Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Jacqueline C. Mancall

Overview

It's no longer about just about having the "best" collection. As education shifts to a learner-centered environment, collection development must address the dynamic interplay between all stakeholders in the wider school community. Based on the latest educational theory and research, Hughes-Hassell and Mancall recommend a plan to operate school media centers in the midst of radical flux, while meeting students' information needs in a holistic context.

Connecting to the guidelines of Information Power, the premier learner-focused model for library media centers, Collection Management for Youth is grounded in educational theory to help connect the "whys" to the "hows". The authors pose a challenge to school library media specialists and supervisors, youth librarians in public libraries, and educators: Given these tools, are you willing to become learner-centered collection managers, to wear the hats of change agents, leaders, learners, and research guides?

This ground-breaking guide will help youth librarians:

• Develop and manage collections that meet the changing needs of learners
• Address a dynamic educational process and ever-changing resource base
• Become an informed teacher and information guide
• Tap into the school's broadest learning community to build partnerships

Addressing both print and electronic information sources, this must-have manual is filled with eleven field-tested tools to encourage collaboration and help put the concepts to work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838908945
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	01/31/2005
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her 25-year career she has been an elementary school teacher, a school library media specialist, and director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project. In her current research she focuses on social justice issues in youth library services and the role of school library media specialists in education reform. Dr. Hughes-Hassell has experience as both an editor and author. Her most recent edited volume, School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist: Principles and Practices (with Violet H. Harada, Libraries Unlimited, 2007) was named the most important school library book of 2007 by Teacher Librarian. Recent journal publications include articles in Library & Information Science Research, School Library Media Research, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Knowledge Quest. She teaches courses related to materials and services to children and youth, and school library media programs.