Urban teens in the library : research and practice

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Where to find it

Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
Z718.5 .U73 2010
Status
Available
Call Number
Z718.5 .U73 2010 c. 2
Status
Available

Summary

This groundbreaking book is relevant to all librarians working with urban teens and looking for ways to reach out to them.

Contents

Who are urban teens, and what does urban mean, anyway? / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Moving beyond the stereotypes : seeing urban teenagers as individuals / Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Lewis Hassell, and Denise E. Agosto -- Revamping library services to meet urban teens' everyday life information needs and preferences / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Developing a leisure reading program that is relevant and responsive to the lives of urban teenagers : insights from research / Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Street lit : before you can recommend it, you have to understand it / Vanessa J. Irvin Morris, with Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Urban teens, online social networking, and library services / June Abbas and Denise E. Agosto -- Urban teens and their use of public libraries / Denise E. Agosto -- Public library websites and urban teenagers' health information needs / Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Dana Hanson-Baldauf -- Spacing out with young adults : translating YA space concepts into practice / Anthony Bernier -- Youth development and evaluation : lessons from "Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development" / Elaine Meyers -- The loft at ImaginOn : a new-generation library for urban teens / Michele Gorman, Amy Wyckoff, and Rebecca L. Buck -- Before it's reading, it's writing : urban teens as authors in the public library / Autumn Winters and Elizabeth J. Gregg -- Following and leading teens online : using digital library services to reach urban teens / Kara Reuter ... [et al.].

Who are urban teens, and what does "urban" mean, anyway? / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Moving beyond the stereotypes : seeing urban teenagers as individuals / Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Lewis Hassell, and Denise E. Agosto -- Revamping library services to meet urban teens' everyday life information needs and preferences / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Developing a leisure reading program that is relevant and responsive to the lives of urban teenagers : insights from research / Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Street lit : before you can recommend it, you have to understand it / Vanessa J. Irvin Morris, with Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Urban teens, online social networking, and library services / June Abbas and Denise E. Agosto -- Urban teens and their use of public libraries / Denise E. Agosto -- Public library websites and urban teenagers' health information needs / Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Dana Hanson-Baldauf -- Spacing out with young adults : translating YA space concepts into practice / Anthony Bernier -- Youth development and evaluation : lessons from "Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development" / Elaine Meyers -- The loft at ImaginOn : a new-generation library for urban teens / Michele Gorman, Amy Wyckoff, and Rebecca L. Buck -- Before it's reading, it's writing : urban teens as authors in the public library / Autumn Winters and Elizabeth J. Gregg -- Following and leading teens online : using digital library services to reach urban teens / Kara Reuter ---et al.

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