Librarian, Writer, Bon Vivant
Make Room!
A Guide to Developing Teen Spaces in the Library
Price: $40.00
ISBN13: 9781591585664
ISBN10: 159158566X
Book code: LU8566
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 175 pages
Publication Date: 02/09/2011
Creating a new teen space? Looking to do an extreme makeover on your current YA room? Don’t get started without this invaluable guide that can help you do it right! With an informal, upbeat approach that emphasizes best practices, the book will help you clear all the hurdles and avoid the pitfalls, beginning with concerns and challenges (such as pressure from within the library) and ending with the creation of a dynamic and flexible space that can be continually renewed. From ideas about location and financing, suggestions for furniture and decor, and tips on collections and computers, to advice on meeting the unique needs of this diverse population and assessment-this guide has it all.
The current demographic swell of the teen population has caused librarians to reconsider, revamp, and revitalize young adult services. In many cases, this involves creating or enhancing a Young Adult Room or Teen Space. This guide is intended to help young adult librarians, as well as supervisors and administrators, through the process of creating or improving library space for teens. Drawing on best practices and his own experience, the author points out key issues, concerns, challenges, and pitfalls of the endeavor; and he also provides librarians with tools to create and implement a vision.
He begins by addressing concerns and challenges (such as pressure from within the library) to teens and teen spaces; moves on to describe how to create a dynamic and flexible space that can be continually assessed and renewed. Topics include ideas for location and financing, furniture and decor, collections and computers, and meeting the unique needs of this diverse population. Filled with anecdotes and examples of best practices, this book offers an engaging, upbeat approach to a topic of vital interest to today’s YA librarians
Your complete, step-by-step guide to creating or renovating teen spaces in public and school libraries
Further Reading
YouMedia
http://youmediachicago.org/
(The Chicago Public Library System’s amazing multi-media space for teens)
YALSA YA Spaces
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/spaces.cfm
(A great listing of young adult spaces resources from the Young Adult Library Service Associaiton)
YSPACE
http://www.yspace.net/
(Public youth spaces from around the world)
Designing Spaces for Children and Teens
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/03142010/designing-space-children-and-teens
(A recent featured piece from American Libraries on space design)
Interview: Kim Bolan Cullin
http://www.ypulse.com/ypulse-interview-kim-bolan-cullin-teen-spaces
(A great interview with Kim Bolan Cullin,author of the essential “Teen Spaces” guide . Her website is also a great read.)
Looks Like Teen Spirit
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6386669.html
(A great article about trends in library spaces for teens and young adults From 2006, but still very relevant. .)