Sex, brains, and video games : information and inspiration for youth services librarians /

Sex, brains, and video games : information and inspiration for youth services librarians /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Burek Pierce, Jennifer, author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (xxxiii, 202 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Libraries and teenagers -- United States. Young adults' libraries -- United States. Adolescence -- United States. Teenagers -- United States. Adolescence. Libraries and teenagers. Teenagers. Young adults' libraries. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11677499

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ISBN:	9780838915509 0838915507 9780838915493 0838915493 9780838915516 0838915515 9780838915486 0838915485
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"How do we break through and truly reach our young adult patrons? It begins with understanding them. Librarians who work with teens need information and a big-picture perspective on adolescence that reflects the latest knowledge of cognate fields and the contemporary realities of young people's lives. In this greatly revised and updated edition of her popular guide Burek Pierce provides exactly that, selecting and synthesizing emerging information from multiple fields of research to effectively support librarians' work with teens. Far-reaching but pragmatic, this book: discusses iscusses such important topics as identity and community, sex and sexualities, what experts can tell us about the adolescent brain, and how teens use technology to mediate the world; replaces outdated developmental theories that have been discarded in their home fields but are still sometimes used in the LIS world; looks at how to blend what research tells us about teens with day-to-day work in libraries; reflects new norms of professional practice, such as the increased importance of community engagement and partnerships, offering librarians a path towards cooperation and collaboration with peers outside the library world; and includes a bibliography of essential reading for YA librarians.
Other form:	Print version: Burek Pierce, Jennifer. Sex, brains, and video games. Second edition. Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017 9780838915486

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Summary:	Librarians who work with teens need information and a big-picture perspective on adolescence that reflects the latest knowledge of cognate fields and the contemporary realities of young people's lives. As I wrote in the introduction to the earlier volume, "this book explains what others who work with adolescents have learned from their professional activities, how that knowledge might revise our thinking about teens, and how to encourage new priorities and partnerships in youth services" (p. 2). Then and now, I argue that "Library services to young adults should aspire to two fundamental objectives: to engage young people through meaningful and appealing responses to their recreational and informational needs, and to simultaneously support good developmental outcomes" (p. 2). The literatures of other fields, with their different methodologies and approaches, provide a useful context to these ends. They help us understand teens, rather than supplanting our own knowledge.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxxiii, 202 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780838915509 0838915507 9780838915493 0838915493 9780838915516 0838915515 9780838915486 0838915485