Serving teens through readers' advisory /
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| Author / Creator: | Booth, Heather, 1978- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : American Library Association, 2007. |
| Description: | xiii, 159 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ALA readers' advisory series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6424365 |
Table of Contents:
- A brief history of teens and reading in libraries
- Why teens need to read, why they want to read
- What is readers' advisory, and why is readers' advisory for teens different?
- Tips for the generalist : what to do if you have not read teen fiction since you were a teen
- Opening the readers' advisory interview
- Detecting interest
- Articulating appeal
- Readers' advisory for homework assignments
- Readers' advisory by proxy
- Beyond lists : using resources to move past award winners
- Creating resource lists for staff
- Indirect readers' advisory and marketing.