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Thinking Outside the Book

Alternatives for Today's Teen Library Collections

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Thinking Outside the Book

Alternatives for Today's Teen Library Collections

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Expand your teen collection beyond traditional print books into exciting alternatives that will get teens into your library and keep them coming back. Top teen librarians share their inspiration and expertise on how to defy limits, and create the kind of collection that appeals to the diverse range of today's teens. You'll find valuable guidelines and tips on how to broaden and enliven your collection with graphic novels, magazines (and zines), audiobooks, video, music, interactive software and games, and more. You'll also discover how to harness the power of the Internet and establish a virtual collection. There is even a chapter presenting options for shelving and display of these alternative media. If you're ready to bring your teen collection into the 21st century, now's the time to act—and this is a great place to start. Grades 6-12.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Zines for Teens by Christine Borne and Kevin Ferst
But Those Aren't Really Books! Graphic Novels and Comic Books by David S. Serchay
To Read or Not To Read: Developing Audiobook Collections for Teen Listeners by Franscisca Goldsmith
Tunes and Teens: A No Nonsense Guide by Melanie Rapp-Weiss
Teens and the Big Screen: Building Video Collections to Bring Them Together by Sarah Flowers
Nothing but Net: A Virtual Collection Young Adults Will Want to Use by Tracey A. Firestone
Teens Got (Much More Than) Game by Valerie Ott
Shelving and Display Options by C. Allen Nichols
Selected Bibliography
Index
Contributors
About the Editor

Product details

Published Feb 28 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 216
ISBN 9781591580591
Imprint Libraries Unlimited
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Series Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

C. Allen Nichols

C. ALLEN NICHOLS is Director, Wadsworth Public Lib…

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