Transforming young adult services

Bernier, Anthony, (editor,, author.). Budd, John, 1953- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"This revised and expanded second edition updates a provocative collection of 14 expert contributions to the debate inaugurated in 2013 addressing LIS's historic avoidance in defining and envisioning its young adult users by offering readers a diverse set of possible responses to how LIS should define YAs for its own professional, institutional, and research purposes"-- Provided by publisher.

The essays in this collection attempt to introduce critical social theory to the broadest, most compelling, most practical aspects of YA librarianship. Some concentrate on fundamental aspects of YA librarianship that currently go unaddressed in daily practice. The diverse concepts and arguments represented are designed to spark lively discussion with which to prepare students for becoming deliberative professional practitioners. -- adapted from Preface

Record details

ISBN: 9780838917749
ISBN: 0838917747
Physical Description: xlviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Chicago : ALA-Neal Schuman, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword to the first edition / by John M. Budd -- Preface: Young adult services at the crossroads / by Anthony Bernier -- Introduction: Making the case for transforming / by Anthony Bernier -- Envisaging young adult librarianship from a teen-centered perspective / by Denise E. Agosto -- Diverse identity in anxious times : young adult literature and contemporary culture / by Karen Coats -- Students or learners? Conceptualizing youth in school libraries / by Mary Ann Harlan -- Misfits, loners, immature students, and reluctant readers : librarianship in the construction of teen readers of comics / by Lucia Cedeira Serantes -- Identity at odds : the sometimes conflicting viewpoints about young adults' rights in libraries / by Cherie Givens -- Situating youth voice : moving from understanding to action through critical theory / by Jeanie Austin -- Crossing over : the advent of the adultescent / by Michael Cart -- Storytelling, young adults, and three paradoxes / by Kate McDowell -- "The library is like her house": reimagining youth of color in LIS discourses / by Kafi D. Kumasi -- Beyond coaching : copiloting with young adults / by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko -- LIS's vision of young adults : some historical roots for current theories and practice / by Mary K. Chelton -- Tribalism versus citizenship : are youth increasingly unwelcome in libraries? / by Mike Males -- Imagining today's young adults in LIS : moving forward with critical youth studies / by Paulette Rothbauer -- Moving beyond YAs as "citizens" : the promise of membership / by Anthony Bernier -- Conclusion: Membership's promise for praxis / by Anthony Bernier.