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Young Adult Library Services Association Association Library American | Young Adult Studio Design Distillery by Design | Library Services © 2006 THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES AssOCIATION American Library Association | young adult Design by Distillery Design Studio | library services www.alastore.ala.org volume 5 | number 4 SUMMER 2007 ISSN 1541-4302 $12.50 TM ISSUE! TEEN READ WEEK Teen Read Week™ is a national literacy initiative sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, the fastest growing division of the American Library Association ★ “A spare, eloquent memoir.”* IBTISAM BARAKAT IBTISAM BARAKAT A Palestinian Childhood ★ “This moving memoir of a Palestinian woman’s ★“What makes this memoir so compelling is the childhood experiences during the Six-Day War and immediacy of the child’s viewpoint, which depicts its aftermath is presented in beautifully crafted both conflict and daily life without exploitation or vignettes . .The author’s love for the countryside sentimentality. There’s much to talk about here.” and her culture shines through her bittersweet —*Starred, Booklist recollections.” —Starred, School Library Journal “This rare and timely memoir tracks Barakat’s amazing story of survival.” —Publishers Weekly ★ “A compassionate, insightful family and cultural portrait." —Starred, Kirkus Reviews “This book is very eye-opening—it tells the side of the story that you never learn about in history “An extremely compelling memoir about a young class and in the news, and it is really well written." Palestinian girl who lived through the Six-Day —A YALSA YA Galley Teen Reader War in the Middle East . Interesting [and] heartwarming." —A YALSA YA Galley Teen Reader Melanie Kroupa Books • $16.00 / 978-0-374-35733-7 / Ages 12 up • Map / Historical note FARRAR • STRAUS • GIROUX www.fsgkidsbooks.com THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION young adult library services VOLUME 5 | NU MBER 4 SUMMER 2007 ISSN 1541-4302 YALSA Perspectives 38 Reading—It’s Not Just about Books Linda W. Braun 6 Fifty Years of YALSA—and Reading for the Fun of It! 41 LOL on Screen Robyn Lupa Mary Arnold 8 Surveys 43 Got Laughs? What Members Want Programs @ your library Nichole Pereira Sarah Flowers Teen Perspectives Literature Surveys and Research 46 Early Adolescents’ Reading Habits 10 Teens and Reading Stacy L. Creel My Flamingnet Perspective Seth Cassel The View from ALA Plus . 13 Spectrum Scholars Celebrate Ten Years 2 From the Editor Author Perspectives Reading and Laughing Sarah Flowers, Guest Editor 16 The Power of Words An Interview with Brian James 3 From the President Dominique McCafferty Judy Nelson Best Practices 40 Guidelines for Authors 19 A New Mantra 40 Index to Advertisers An Interview with Michael Stephens 51 Professional Resources Meg Canada 53 The YALSA Update 21 Building Teen Communities Online Listen, Listen, and Listen CD McLean 27 Gaming in Libraries 2.0 Katherine Makens About This Cover Hot Spot: LOL @ your library® LOL @ your library® is the official theme for 29 Teen Read WeekTM Collaboration this year’s Teen Read WeekTM , pushing teens to Megan Fink read something light, entertaining, and humor- 31 Get Out the Vote for Teens’ Top Ten ous. Teen Read Week is a national literacy ini- Diane P. Monnier and Diane Tuccillo tiative of YALSA to encourage young adults 34 Audiobooks that Tickle the Funny Bone to read just for the fun of it. This year Teen Francisca Goldsmith Read Week is October 14–20. Poster design by Distillery Design Studio. 36 Looking for the Comic in Graphic Novels? Try These Humorous Reads for Teens! © 2007 American Library Association. Dawn Rutherford Available at www.alastore.ala.org or by calling 1-800-746-7252. YALSA Editorial Advisory Committee Carol I. Marlowe, Chair, Rahway, New Jersey; Julie Thomas Bartel, Sandy, Utah; Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley, California; Sara Ryan, Portland, Oregon; Nicole M. Mills, Palatine, Illinois; Mary Anne Nichols, Fairlawn, Ohio from the YALSA Publications Committee (performing referee duties and providing advisory input for the journal) Julie Bartel, Chair, Salt Lake City, Utah; Sophie Brookover, Voorhees, New Editor Jersey; Erminia Mina Gallo, Seven Hills, Ohio; Cheryl D. McLean, Tampa, Florida; Julie Marie Scordato, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; Laura Leonard Stiles, Austin, Texas; Amy Alessio, Schaumburg, Illinois Editor Sarah Flowers, Valerie A. Ott YALSA Executive Director Guest Editor Beth Yoke YALSA Division Coordinator Stephanie Kuenn Reading and Laughing Circulation Young Adult Library Services (ISSN 1541-4302) is published four times a Hello, I’m Sarah Flowers, and I’m filling in for Valerie Ott for this year by the American Library Association (ALA), 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. It is the official publication of the Young Adult Library Services issue, because she is busy with her newborn daughter. This has Association (YALSA), a division of ALA. Subscription price: members of been a delightful experience for me, and I am especially pleased to YALSA, $25 per year, included in membership dues; nonmembers, $50 per TM year in the U.S.; $60 in Canada, Mexico, and other countries. Back issues have been able to work on this Teen Read Week (TRW) issue of within one year of current issue, $15 each. Periodicals postage is pend- YALS, since I love this year’s theme: LOL @ your library®. I know ing at Chicago, Illinois and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: laughing isn’t always the first thing that teens associate with librar- Send address changes to Young Adult Library Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Members: Address changes and inquiries should be sent ies, but some of the articles in this issue might help librarians get to Membership Department, Changes to Young Adult Library Services, 50 teens to change their minds about that. E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Nonmember subscribers: Subscriptions, orders, changes of address, and inquiries should be sent to Changes to Young For example, Dawn Rutherford provides a list of graphic nov- Adult Library Services, Subscriptions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; els to make teens laugh, and Francisca Goldsmith suggests some 1-800-545-2433, press 5; fax: (312) 944-2641; [email protected]. humorous audiobooks. Robyn Lupa, Megan Fink, and Nichole Statement of Purpose Pereira all have suggestions for LOL programs and activities for Young Adult Library Services is the official journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library TRW at your library. Then there are some ideas in this issue Association. YALS primarily serves as a vehicle for continuing education for librarians serving young adults, ages twelve through eighteen. It will include about other ways of “reading” during TRW. Linda Braun talks articles of current interest to the profession, act as a showcase for best prac- about reading blogs and wikis (which can be pretty funny at tices, provide news from related fields, publish recent research related to YA librarianship, and will spotlight significant events of the organization and times), Katherine Makens shares some insights about gaming with offer in-depth reviews of professional literature. YALS will also serve as the teens, and Diane Monnier and Diane Tuccillo talk about teens official record of the organization. reading for YALSA’s YA Galley Project. Production Seth Cassel, a Maryland sixteen-year-old, shares his experi- ALA Production Services—Troy D. Linker, Angela Hanshaw, and Chris Keech. ences in setting up a Web site for teen book reviewers and tells us a little about what his reviewers like to read. Meanwhile, Stacy Advertising The Goldman Group, 14497 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., #205N, Tampa, FL Creel and some of her students at St. John’s University went out 33618. (813) 264-2772; [email protected]. YALS accepts advertising for and surveyed teens in malls and other places to find out what they goods or services of interest to the library profession and librarians in service to youth in particular. It encourages advertising that informs readers and were reading. Since YALSA believes so strongly and actively in provides clear communication between vendor and buyer. YALS adheres to youth participation, these articles are a great way for us all to see ethical and commonly accepted advertising practices and reserves the right to reject any advertisement not suited to the above purposes or not consistent how real teens are reading in other parts of the country and how with the aims and policies of ALA. Acceptance of advertising in YALS does that compares to the teens in our own libraries. not imply official endorsement by ALA of the products or services advertised. And, okay, the books of Brian James aren’t exactly hilarious, Manuscripts but teens certainly are reading them, and Dominique McCafferty’s Manuscripts and letters pertaining to editorial content should be sent to YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; e-mail: [email protected]. interview with James makes for some fascinating reading. Manuscripts will be sent out for review according to YALS’s established ref- With all the suggestions here, you’ll have many ways to show eree procedures. Visit www.ala.org/yalsa for further information. the teens in your community that libraries—and librarians—can Indexing, Abstracting, and Microfilm be fun. So LOL all the way through TRW! For more booklists Young Adult Library Services is indexed in Library Literature, Library & Information Science Abstracts, and Current Index to Journals in Education. and TRW ideas, be sure to check out the TRW Web page at www Microfilm copies of Journal of Youth Services in Libraries and its predecessor, .ala.org/teenread. YALS Top of the News, are available from ProQuest/Bell & Howell, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ © 2007 American Library Association All materials in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scien- tific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
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