Serving teens through readers' advisory

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A guide to help readers' advisors serve teens. Offers techniques to connect with teens on their own terms, provides tips on creating a positive advisory experience, and includes "sure bets" lists, thematic reading lists, and sources of reviews.

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Title Statements

Full title :Serving teens through readers' advisory / Heather Booth.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):American Library Association
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 159 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0838909302, 9780838909300
oclc:ocm76481369
LC Classification:Z711.55
Dewey Decimal:028.5

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.

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Adolescents -- Livres et lecture -- Éta… Bibliographies Bibliothèques -- Services de référence … Bibliothèques et adolescents -- États-U… Libraries and teenagers Libraries and teenagers -- United States Littérature pour jeunes adultes -- Bibl… Nonfiction Readers' advisory services Readers' advisory services -- United St… Teenagers -- Books and reading Teenagers -- Books and reading -- Unite… United States Young adult literature Young adult literature -- Bibliography