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Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States
Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States
Description
In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship. In countries around the world, public and school libraries have unique roles and their staffs collaborate across types of libraries to varying degrees. Library staff preparation, training, and ongoing learning and organization of youth-serving librarians mirror each country’s values and priorities.
The essays in Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States address the universal and culture-specific aspects of library services to children and teens in these three countries. This collection shows how libraries have developed in light of each country’s political, educational, and social history. They examine how government and citizen roles in youth-serving libraries also reflect culturally defined social structures. The chapters highlight unique collections and services within each country and also show how librarians deal with the challenges they encounter, both from within their culture as well as from outside—including natural disasters. Each country’s authors discuss contemporary issues that face youth-serving libraries, such as information literacy, reading in a multimedia world, and the overarching influence of technology.
This book will be of interest to youth-serving librarians around the world, library educators, and for those studying international and young adult librarianship.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: JAPAN
Chapter 1. Overview of Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan. Yuriko Nakamura
Chapter 2. Media Literacy Practice in the Public High School Library. Yuriko Matsuda
Chapter 3. Developing An Expansive Learning Environment: A Challenge of a Japanese Private High-School Library Seriously Damaged by a Big Earthquake. Masaharu Adachi
Chapter 4. School Libraries in Japanese Public Elementary Schools: A Report from the School Library Support Room in Arakawa City, Tokyo. Toshi Fujita
Chapter 5. Development and Characteristics of Library Services for Children and Youth in Okinawa. Kenji Kanna
Chapter 6. The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL). Mikio Wanaka
SECTION II: RUSSIA
Chapter 1. Overview of Library Services Provided to Children and Young Adults in Russia. Galina Kislovskaya, Natalia Bubekina, Vera Chudinova
Chapter 2. Serving Children and Youth on a Basis of School Libraries. T. D. Zhukova
Chapter 3. Services for Children and Young People in Public Libraries. Galina Kislovskaya, Natalia Bubekina, Vera Chudinova
Chapter 4. Problems of Formation of Information Literacy and Information Culture of Children and Youth: A View from Russia. Natalia Gendina
Chapter 5. A Children’s Library in a Polyethnic Region as a Center of Tolerance, Intercultural Communication, and Peacemaking Center. Burliyat Umakhanova and Elmir Yakubov
Chapter 6. Children, Teenagers and Librarians on the Net: Problems, Projects, Prospects. Vera Chudinova
SECTION III: UNITED STATES
Chapter 1. Overview of Youth-Serving Libraries in the United States. Lesley Farmer
Chapter 2. From Information Power to Empowering Learners: The Transformation of School Library Programs in the United States. Judi Repman
Chapter 3. U.S. Public Library Service to Youth: Focus on Literacy. Rachel Bindman
Chapter 4. Why Can’t We Work Together? “The Doctor is IN"; School–Public Library Partnerships. Jackie Siminitus
Chapter 5. School and Public Library Services, Programs, and Collections for Diverse Youth In America. Jamie Campbell Naidoo
Chapter 6. Technology for Youth-Serving Libraries in the United States. Lesley Farmer
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Product details
| Published | 30 Dec 2011 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 368 |
| ISBN | 9780810882263 |
| Imprint | Scarecrow Press |
| Illustrations | 3 BW Illustrations, 3 Listings, 20 Tables |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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