MHLS Home 'Tweens and Teens - Resources for Librarians


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Collection Development

Why Have Separate Tween Collection?

Review Resources
Books

Books for The Teen Age (NYPL annual list)
Boston Book Review
Sex Ed titles & publishers
Collection Development basics
Core Collections (Patrick Jones)
Flamingnet (Reviews by teens)
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans GLSEN | Stonewall Book Awards | YALSA | Area GLSEN | Rainbow List-ALA
Gentler reads for teens (little/no kissing, sex. violence, etc.)
--Bettendorf Library
--Plymouth Library
--Sachem Library
--Readers' Advice
--St. Louis County Library
--Burlington, WA Library
Graphic Novels
Green Earth Book Award
Health Information Project (HIP)
Magazines (IPL)
Non-fiction for teens
Parents' Choice Foundation
Outstanding Books for College-bound and Lifelong Learners
Teen Lib Wiki
**Teen
Review Journals
Vandergrift's 100

VOYA annual lists of best books for teens
YALSA Winning Titles

Music
Billboard
CD Hotlist
Common Sense Media
Rolling Stone

Magazines
Mid-Hudson info
Parents' Choice Awards
School Library Journal (7/05 issues
)

Audio Books/Videos
Promoting Audiobooks
Top 10 Reasons to Offer Teens Audio Books
Young Adult Notable Audio Books (from YALSA)
Young Adult Notable Videos/DVD's (from YALSA)

Awards

Teen Literature Winners

Reader's Advisory
(Connecting teens with right materials)

Using Technology

 

Internet Safety for Young People

See MHLS Web safety site

Teens as Volunteers or Pages

Programming

Policies

  • Collection Development (Rochester, MN)
  • Others
  • Teen area *rules* (short and to the point)
    • Respect yourself. Respect others. Respect the space.

Space Planning for Teens

MHLS Professional Collection

Marketing to Teens

Additional Resources for Teen Librarians

 

 

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