Managing Children’s Services in Libraries
Managing Children’s Services in Libraries by Adele M. Fasick, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2013, is a comprehensive resource spanning 225 pages. This fourth edition provides guidelines for designing collections and services tailored to the needs of 21st-century children in both school and public libraries. It aims to equip librarians with an understanding of how today’s youth interact with information and recreational materials, addressing the evolving landscape of library services.
Readers will find practical insights into organizing library services for children and their caregivers, with a focus on collections, service planning, personnel management, and collaboration with community agencies. This edition is designed for students and new library workers while also offering experienced librarians updates on recent developments in technology, publishing, and education. It serves as a valuable textbook for courses on services to children and young adults, as well as a resource for workshops and in-service training for library staff.
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Providing guidelines for designing collections and services that best serve 21st-century needs in school and public libraries, this book helps librarians to understand today’s children and the ways they interact with information and recreational materials.
Managing Children’s Services in Libraries, Fourth Edition is designed to give students and new library workers the skills they need to succeed as well as get experienced librarians up to speed on the new developments in technology, publishing, and education. The book takes a broad view of all aspects of library work with children, addressing the dramatic and ongoing changes in school and pubic libraries.
This latest edition of a popular, proven resource focuses on practical ways to organize library services to children and the adults who care for them, and on expanding services from the building level to the greater community. Sections focus specifically on collections, planning services, managing personnel and budgets, and working with other community agencies. The book is written to serve as a textbook for courses in services to children and young adults, and is appropriate for short workshops and in-service training for library staff. Administrators and department heads will find it a useful tool for designing and updating library services.
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