Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States: : Lesley S.J. Farmer: Scarecrow Press

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.

Preface
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
About the Editors
About the Contributors

Product details

Published	Dec 30 2011
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	378
ISBN	9780810882256
Imprint	Scarecrow Press
Illustrations	3 BW Illustrations, 3 Listings, 20 Tables
Dimensions	232 x 155 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Farmer, coordinator of the Library Media Teacher program at CSU–Long Beach, vice president of the International Association of School Librarianship, and a Booklist reviewer, presents 18 essays covering various aspects of international youth librarianship. Along with her associate editors, Farmer aims to start a discussion of the history and ongoing development of youth-serving libraries in their respective countries, with the goal of building bridges across cultural barriers. The book is divided by country, with each section giving an overview of libraries and then delving into more specific topics—an essay on media literacy in Japan; one on the role of a children’s library as a “center of tolerance, international communication, and peacemaking” in Russia; and school-library partnerships in the U.S. Public and school librarians with a focus on serving young patrons will enjoy having this book in their professional collections.

Booklist
With this in mind, Lesley Farmer and her associate editors have produced a comprehensive collection of essays addressing the issues of libraries serving youth in Japan, Russia and the United States that includes contributions from the leading voices of youth services in libraries from these distinct geographic areas. ... The three editors, identified the key issues for their area and selected expert authors to contribute to the volume on these issues. The result is a unique insight and appreciation of the role that libraries play in supporting youth and indeed their communities. ... This comprehensive collection of essays forms a body of research that explores the development of library services, the impact of contemporary issues such as technology, and the cultural and social impacts of libraries on young people. The research is valuable in the development of new libraries, the redevelopment of old services and in building new ways of reaching youth who often disengage from library services.

Australian Library Journal
[R]ecommended for a large library school program.

American Reference Books Annual