We Need Diverse Books- A Social Cognition Approach

Presented by Sharon Colvin, Youth Services Consultant

We Need Diverse Books - June 3 Webinar

Webinar Slides

Handout

Why Do They Do That?  A Workshop on Teen Behavior

• Slides (2/17/16)

Resources

• Vermont Teen Librarians Facebook Group
• Teen Librarians Facebook Group (National)
• YALSA

• Recorded Workshop (video)
• Workshop Handout
• Sample Volunteer Application

Resources

• Tips from the MA Library Association Conference
• Teen Volunteers & Service Projects
• Teen Intern Toolkit from YALSA
• Engaging Teens Through Service

• YALSA
• YALSA Advocacy Toolkit
• YALSA electronic resources
• YALSA social media guide

Collection Development

• ALA Youth Media Awards (Newberry, Printz, Alex, etc.)
• National Book Award
• Horn Book Award
• Vermont Book Awards
  • Green Mountain Book Award

Collaboration & Outreach

• YALSA blog: Outreach
• TechSoup Collaboration ideas
• ALSC Blog - School/ Public Library Collaboration
• Partner Organizations
  • Hunger Free Vermont
    • Presentation video 2015
    • Presentation handout 2015
  • Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF)
  • Let's Grow Kids
  • Building Bright Futures
  • Vermont Afterschool

Space & Marketing

• YALSA Teen Space Guidelines
• Teen Spaces on a Dime
• Teen Space Ideas on Pinterest
• Library Space Ideas on Pinterest
• The Need for Teen Spaces in Public Libraries - White Paper
• Using Social Media to Engage Teens in the Library
• Making libraries Cooler
• Pew Research on Teens & Social Media
• Marketing Teen Services to Non-Teen Services Staff

National Resources

• Beyond the Pluto Problem
• The Art of Weeding
• The CREW Method from Texas State Library
• Discards & Donation Programs
• Awful Library Books

Tips for selecting Easy Readers (Sometimes called Leveled Readers)

• These books are meant to be for new independent readers
• The language is often simpler than picture books because adults read picture books aloud while children read easy readers.
• There are many publishers and titles.
  • I Can Read - Harper Collins
  • Penguin Young Readers
  • Green Light Readers - Harcourt
  • National Geographic
  • DK Readers
  • Blastoff Readers

Video - Sharon's ramblings about easy readers, levels and how to recommend them to children.

Tips for selection & development

• Parents are nostalgic so hold onto classic titles.  Some older (and still popular series) include:
  • Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
  • Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
  • Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain
  • Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant
  • Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
  • Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli
  • Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
  • Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline
  • Miss Nelson by Harry Allard
  • Dr. Seuss stories
  • P.D. Eastman books - Are You My Mother? etc.
• Some popular series are not leveled
  • Elephant & Piggy by Mo Willems
  • Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
  • The Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
• There are great nonfiction choices.  Take a look at the publishers listed above.
• Make sure to have a good representation of reading levels, especially the very beginning level.  You may want to mark those for staff.
• Hardcovers last longer and are easier to label.  Paperbacks won't last long.

Is your library considering a new approach to shelving?  Genre shelving, or dumping Dewey, is a new trend in libraries.  Here are some resources to help you with your project!

• Dumping Dewey Web Course (September 25, 2015)
  • Slides from the presentation
• VLA presentation: Nancy Daigle (Thatcher Brook Primary), Jessica Summer & Amanda Perry (Winooski Memorial Library) - These slides are from a VLA presentation from both a public and school library perspective.  There are many resources linked here.
• Video: Thad Gembczynski (Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho) - DRML did not reorganize their entire picture book collection, but they use a nice labeling system.
• Video: Kathy Dulac (Milton Public Library) - Milton has completely reorganized their picture book section complete with awesome signs.
• Video: Janet Kleinberg (Manchester Community Library) - The new Manchester Community Library modeled themselves after Darien, CT.

National Resources:

• Darien, CT reorganization project
• Picture Books: Dewey or Don't We?
• Darien Library Children's Collections
• Reorganizing Nonfiction - A Dewey Hybrid Model
• Dewey vs. Genre Shelving
• Are Dewey's Days Numbered?

Back to Collection Development & Reader's Advisory

The ALA Youth Media Awards have been announced! Crossover by Kwame Alexander won the Newbery and The Adventures of Beekle, illustrated by Dan Santat, won the Caldecott! The Printz award went to I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Read the full list of winners and honor books!

Vermont Public Television (VPT) and the Department of Libraries are co-sponsoring the 2015 PBS Kids Writers Contest for children in grades K-3. The contest promotes creativity and reading skills through hands-on, active learning, as kids write and illustrate original stories. Stories can be fact or fiction, prose or poetry.

Deadline is Friday, March 20, 2015.

Further Details

• Vermont Public Television website
• Entry Form
• Contest Rules
• Flyer
• Poster