Podcast: EllesBookReviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBIqYKhhv5s&feature=channel_page
This podcast is hosted by a young lady who discusses books and book series geared towards children and young adults. She does introduce some adult titles as well. The purpose of this blog is discuss ways to bring young readers into the library and to get them interested in reading. Some comments for these podcasts come from young readers who have gone out to check out or purchase the titles discussed. This is a wonderful way to advertise books and excite and entice young readers to pick them up.
I located this podcast through: www.youtube.com
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Competency #1 Continued: http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/
Found through Google...
To stimulate young adult interest in reading, we need to go the same route that education has taken, meaning: we must make literature and the library relevant to them. How can we do this? Well, librarians must analyze their population and determine their interest. In layman's terms: What do kid like and what do they pay attention to?
From the blog....
"We're public, school, and academic librarians. We believe libraries can learn from and use Pop Culture to improve their collections, services, and public image. We love TV, music, the movies, comic books, anime, magazines, sports, tech, and oh yeah: reading!"
A little relevance goes a long way....
To stimulate young adult interest in reading, we need to go the same route that education has taken, meaning: we must make literature and the library relevant to them. How can we do this? Well, librarians must analyze their population and determine their interest. In layman's terms: What do kid like and what do they pay attention to?
From the blog....
"We're public, school, and academic librarians. We believe libraries can learn from and use Pop Culture to improve their collections, services, and public image. We love TV, music, the movies, comic books, anime, magazines, sports, tech, and oh yeah: reading!"
A little relevance goes a long way....
Competency #1: Bringing Young Adults into the Library
Studies show that young adult interest in public libraries is on the decline. However, many programs have been implemented to rekindle the former spark. As young adult literature makes a dramatic comeback from its 1990's "rut", adolescents are becoming more inclined to read for recreation. Publishing houses and literary agents have already hopped onto the growing YA trend; advertising and pitching new ideas at the young masses in forms of media that appeal most to them. What more can the public library do to continue to encourage this trend as well, and bring more youths into the library and trigger a thirst for literature?
In this blog, I will discuss and research the current trends in YA literature and different programs, activities, etc. formulating, or tried and true used to encourage youth to spend more time with their noses in books, and visiting their local public library to do more than beat the heat.
In this blog, I will discuss and research the current trends in YA literature and different programs, activities, etc. formulating, or tried and true used to encourage youth to spend more time with their noses in books, and visiting their local public library to do more than beat the heat.
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