Learn about the world of today's teens and how to communicate with this very important segment of your library's audience. Gather ideas for enlisting help from teachers and school librarians in planning programming to bring teens to the library. Examples of real life reference interviews follow a list of tools to have at the teen reference desk. The essential elements of building teen collection and reader's advisory services are presented with ideas for creating a teen friendly library. Information will be useful to librarians in smaller libraries and persons assigned to teen services as...

Rediscover the passion for your career and identify your strengths and growth areas by using a professional journal. You'll learn how to plan, set goals, reflect and improve your areas of expertise through the art of journaling. Also record events, emotions, and milestones that are meaningful to you in your career. Learn how to communicate and collaborate with teachers more effectively with this timely tool.

The what, why, who, and how-to of a 21st-century library program. Takes team-planning and interdisciplinary units to a new level This new edition presents the library media specialist and teacher working as full teaching partners to create a collaborative atmosphere for student success. Incorporates information literacy and content standards, suffuses them with technology, helps to create multidisciplinary lessons that are inquiry-based and interactive