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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION young adult 2012 library library services services VOLUME 13 | NUMBER 3 SPRING 2015 ISSN 1541-4302 $17.50 INSIDE: THE TEENS SPEAK OUT: WHAT TEENS IN A TECH HIGH SCHOOL REALLY THINK ABOUT LIBRARIES SHIFTING TEEN SERVICES FOR A NEW TEEN SPACE AND THE WINNER IS...: HIGHLIGHTING AWARDS AND LISTS ON THE HUB THE MAKING GOOD AND MORE.... CHOICES ISSUE “Extremely“Extremely aaffordableffordable anandd gegenerousneerous fforor tthehe prippricerice ppaidaidaid compared to most national conferences.” —2012 participant Registration Now Open! JOIN US! Librarians, educators, researchers, young adult authors and other teen advocates will explore the vibrant world of young adult library services! The Symposium will discuss the role of libraries in connecting teens to their community and beyond. NOVEMBER 6-8, 2015 THE HILTON PORTLAND & EXECUTIVE TOWER PORTLAND, OR ➼ Register early for the best rate! www.ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium The official journal of The Young adulT librarY ServiceS aSSociaTion young adult library services VOLUME 13 | NUMBER 3 Spring 2015 ISSN 1541-4302 YALSA Perspectives Plus: 4 And The Winner Is . : 2 From the Editor Highlighting YALSA Awards and Lists on The Hub Linda W. Braun By Carli Spina 3 From the President Chris Shoemaker #act4teens 24 Guidelines for Authors 7 The Teens Speak Out: 24 Index to Advertisers What Teens in a Tech High School Really Think About Libraries…and What You Can Do to Improve 26 The YALSA Update Their Perceptions By Denise Agosto, Rachel Magee, Andrea Forte, and Michael Dickard 13 Shifting Teen Services for a New School Space By Wendy Stephens Hot Spot: Making Good Choices About This Cover 15 The Journey to the Morris Award: Highlighting the Significance of Debut Today, building collections for teens goes way beyond Young Adult Books the book, includes a wide-variety of resources, and By Robin F. Kurz requires working both inside and outside of the library building. 19 Selecting the Michael L. Printz Award By Diane Colson YALSA has many tools to help you connect and collect including yearly lists of the best books and media for 22 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know young adults. Find all of the recent titles at www.ala. About the Teens’ Top Ten (and then some) org/yalsa/best. On that page you’ll fi nd links to down- By Morgan Brickey, Stephanie Charlefour, loadable tools to promote the best titles in your library. and Stacy Holbrook You can also participate in The Hub Reading Chal- lenge, http://bit.ly/hub_rdng_chall_2015, through June 23. 2014–2015 YALSA Editorial Advisory Board (providing advisory input for the journal) Linda W. Braun, Chair, Seattle, Wash.; Jan Chapman, Strongville, Oh.; from the Dr. Alpha Selene DeLap, Medina, Wash.; Dr. Crystle Martin, Orange, Calif.; TheNicola View McDonald, from Brooklyn, ALA N.Y.; Renee McGrath, Uniondale, N.Y YALSA Executive Director Beth Yoke Editor Editor Linda W. Braun Linda W. Braun Circulation Young Adult Library Services (ISSN 1541-4302) is published four times a year by the American Library Association (ALA), 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, very day each of us make a host of choices that have IL 60611. It is the offi cial publication of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA. Subscription price: memb ers of an impact on the work we do and/or the lives we lead. YALSA, $25 per year, included in membership dues; nonmembers, $70 per As professionals working with teens in libraries, or in year in the U.S.; $80 in Canada, Mexico, and other countries. Back issues E within one year of current issue, $17.50 each. Periodicals class postage paid other educational or youth development fi elds, readers of this at Chicago, Illinois and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send journal constantly make choices about how to help teens grow up address changes to Young Adult Library Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Members: Address changes and inquiries should be sent to successfully and succeed in college, careers, and life. And YALSA, Membership Department, Changes to Young Adult Library Services, 50 E. through its president, board of directors, and members, makes Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Nonmember subscribers: Subscriptions, orders, changes of address, and inquiries should be sent to Changes to Young Adult choices about everything from what projects to fund to the books Library Services, Subscriptions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800- selected for the association’s annual awards and lists. 545-2433, press 5; fax: (312) 944-2641; [email protected]. At fi rst glance, the table of contents for this issue of YALS Statement of Purpose might not strike you as a selection of articles about choices, but Young Adult Library Services is the offi cial journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library take another look: Association. YALS primarily serves as a vehicle for continuing education for librarians serving young adults, ages twelve through eighteen. It will include articles of current interest to the profession, act as a showcase for best · In Chris Shoemaker’s “From the President” column he lets practices, provide news from related fi elds, publish recent research related to readers know about the choices the YALSA board made YA librarianship, and will spotlight signifi cant events of the organization and off er in-depth reviews of professional literature. YALS will also serve as the during their Midwinter Meetings. These choices centered on offi cial record of the organization. the need to focus the work of the association on the fi ndings Production of the Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call Cadmus Communications to Action report (often referred to as the Futures report and Advertising available at http://ala.org/yaforum). Bill Spilman, Innovative Media Solutions; 1-877-878-3260; fax (309) 483- The article “The Teens Speak Out: What Teens in a Tech 2371; e-mail [email protected]. View our media kit at · www.ala.org/yalsa/mediakit. YALS accepts advertising for goods or services High School Really Think About Libraries…And What You of interest to the library profession and librarians in service to youth in Can Do to Improve Their Perceptions” highlights the choices particular. It encourages advertising that informs readers and provides clear communication between vendor and buyer. YALS adheres to ethical and library staff need to make in order to guarantee that teens commonly accepted advertising practices and reserves the right to reject any understand the value of the library in their lives. advertisement not suited to the above purposes or not consistent with the aims and policies of ALA. Acceptance of advertising in YALS does not imply · Choices about staffi ng and space allocation are central to offi cial endorsement by ALA of the products or services advertised. Wendy Stephens’s article on creating a vibrant teen space in a Manuscripts school library. Manuscripts and letters pertaining to editorial content should be sent to Every award and list covered in the articles in this issue, from YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; e-mail: yalseditor@gmail. com. · Manuscripts will be sent out for review according to YALS’s established referee YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten list, to the William C. Morris Debut procedures. Visit www.ala.org/yalsa for further information. Author Award, to the Michael L. Printz Award represents Indexing, Abstracting, and Microfilm choices made by members of YALSA committees and Young Adult Library Services is indexed in Library Literature, Library participating teens about what are the best books of the year. &Information Science Abstracts, and Current Index to Journals in Education. Microfi lm copies of Journal of Youth Services in Libraries and its predecessor, Top of the News, are available from ProQuest/Bell & Howell, 300 N. Zeeb As you read through this issue of YALS, keep in mind the Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. choices you make every day that have an impact on the teens and The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of families you work with. Ask yourself: Am I making choices that American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ support the full range of needs teens have—from college and career ©2015 American Library Association readiness, to digital literacy skills, to relationship building with All materials in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientifi c peers and adults, to connecting to reading materials that support or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright teen personal and academic interests? Revision Act of 1976. For other photocopying, reprinting, or translating, address requests to the ALA Offi ce of Rights and Permissions. In reading the articles in this issue, I think you’ll fi nd some good ideas for making good choices in serving teens in your community. And, don’t forget, you can fi nd more inspiration and support in making these choices by reading YALSA’s Futures report. It can be your guide to the how, what, and why of the choices you need to make to serve teens in 2015 and beyond. YALS 2 YALS Young Adult Library Services Spring 2015 from the President Chris Shoemaker A New Focus for YALSA One thing that is increasingly heard in could take a t our January meeting, the YALSA the library community is that libraries can moment and Board voted unanimously that the no longer be only about “stuff .” In other tell us how you Afocus of their work and current words, libraries are so much more than the #act4teens.