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Young Adult Library Services Association Young Adult Library Library Services Services THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION young adult library library services services VOLUME 7 | NUMBER 2 WINTER 2009 ISSN 1541-4302 $12.50 INSIDE: DREAM IT DO IT: AT THE LIBRARY! ONLINE HOMEWORK HELP CEll PHONE NOVELS AND MUCH MORE! ISSUE! Teen Tech Week™ Celebrate the people who create books for young people. Tenth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators he Junior Authors & Illustrators series has been a welcome and Tessential source of information since 1934. The biographical “Belongs profiles have introduced generations of young readers to the authors and artists who create the books they know and love. Children and young on every adults, parents and educators, as well as aspiring children’s book writers school and and illustrators will also appreciate the first-person presentations from the authors and illustators themselves. The new Tenth Book of Junior public library Authors & Illustrators provides the following: reference n An account of each writer or artist’s career. n First-person sketches for authors and illustrators speak directly and shelf.” naturally to young readers. —Booklist n Photographic portraits and jacket illustrations enliven the entries. n Cross-references to pseudonyms, which makes finding favorite Celebrating its authors easy. 75th Year n A Cumulative Index guides readers to profiles in otherJunior Authors & Illustrators volumes. Approx. 850 Pages • Photographs n December 2008 • ISBN 978-0-8242-1066-3 A geographical index to authors and illustators by state. $120 • $135 (outside the U.S. and Canada) H.W. Wilson www.hwwilson.com Toll Free: 800-367-6770 • Tel: 718-588-8400 Fax: 718-590-1617 or 800-590-1617 E-mail: [email protected] THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION young adult library services VOLUME 7 | NUM BER 2 WINTER 2009 ISSN 1541-4302 YALSA Perspective Literature Surveys and Research 4 Find it! Shoot it! Shop It! 39 The Structure of Power in Young Adult Connecting Teens to Technology Problem Novels at La Puente Library By Brian W. Sturm and Karin Michel By Monique Delatte 8 Grants Get Teens Gaming Teen Tech Week™ 2008 at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County By Beth Hoeffgen 10 Teen Tech Week Survey Results By Kathy Mahoney and Kelly Laszczak Student Perspective 14 YA Q&A Expert Advice on Tough Plus: Teen Services Questions 2 From the Editor RoseMary Honnold Feature 3 From the President 16 “Shelters from the Storm” Sarah Cornish Debraski Teens, Stress, and Libraries By Jami Jones 47 Guidelines for Authors Best Practices 47 Index to Advertisers 48 The YALSA Update 22 Dream It Do It: At the Library! Technology Outreach at a Juvenile Detention Center By Kelly Czarnecki Hot Spot: Teen Tech Week About This Cover 25 Online Homework Help Poster art for Teen Tech Week, March Evaluating the Options 8–14, 2009. TTW is a national initiative By Judy Michaelson sponsored by YALSA to ensure teens are 29 Cell Phone Novels competent and ethical users of technologies, 140 Characters at a Time especially those offered through libraries. Let By Ruth Cox Clark the teens in your community know that the 32 Budget Video Production library is the source for electronic resources Yes, You Can Do It Too! such as DVDs, databases, audiobooks, By Rachel Magee electronic games, and more. To purchase 33 Technology for Every Teen @ your library® the poster and other TTW materials, go By Vikki C. Terrile to www.alastore.ala.org. Poster design by 37 Teen Tech Week on a Budget Distillery Design Studio. By Jami Schwarzwalder YALSA Editorial Advisory Committee (performing referee duties and providing advisory input for the journal) Sarah English, chair, Omaha, Neb.; Kimberly Bolan, Indianapolis, Ind.; from the Melissa Dease, Dallas, Tex.; Teri Lesesne, Huntsville, Tex.; Angela Leeper, Wake Forest, N.C.; Sarah Ludwig, New Haven, Conn. YALSA Publications Committee Heather Booth, chair, Westmont, Ill.; Laura Amos, Yorktown, Va.; Sasha Editor Rae Matthews, Chesapeake, Va.; Cindy Mediavilla, Culver City, Calif.; Jessica Moyer, Menomonie, Wis.; Elizabeth Shuping, Florence, S.C. Editor RoseMary Honnold RoseMary Honnold YALSA Executive Director his winter issue of features Teen Tech Week™ 2009, Beth Yoke YALS Press Play @ your library®, YALSA’s initiative to celebrate YALSA Division Coordinator teens and technology in libraries. School and public librar- Stephanie Kuenn T ians working with teens have found technology to be a wonderful Circulation tool for making connections. While these young digital natives are Young Adult Library Services (ISSN 1541-4302) is published four times a year by the American Library Association (ALA), 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL eager to try any new technology, parents, teachers, and librarians 60611. It is the official publication of the Young Adult Library Services Asso- keep busy trying to keep up, finding the best and safest way to use ciation (YALSA), a division of ALA. Subscription price: members of YALSA, $25 per year, included in membership dues; nonmembers, $50 per year in the these new tools and applying them to activities that will enrich U.S.; $60 in Canada, Mexico, and other countries. Back issues within one year young people’s lives. of current issue, $15 each. Periodicals class postage paid at Chicago, Illinois and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Technology can be the key for your library to reach out to Young Adult Library Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Members: teens in juvenile detention centers, as the Public Library of Char- Address changes and inquiries should be sent to Membership Department, Changes to Young Adult Library Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL lotte and Mecklenburg County has found. Kelly Czarnecki tells of 60611. Nonmember subscribers: Subscriptions, orders, changes of address, this amazing work being done by librarians in her article, “Dream and inquiries should be sent to Changes to Young Adult Library Services, Subscriptions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433, press 5; It, Do It.” Ruth Cox Clark tells us about the next new thing, cell fax: (312) 944-2641; [email protected]. phone novels, now hot in Japan. Vikki Terrile has great advice on Statement of Purpose making technology available to all your teens, and you’ll find many Young Adult Library Services is the official journal of the Young Adult great ideas for celebrating Teen Tech Week submitted by the Teen Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association. YALS primarily serves as a vehicle for continuing education for Tech Week Committee and compiled by committee member Jami librarians serving young adults, ages twelve through eighteen. It will include Schwarzwalder. Also, check out how two winners of last year’s articles of current interest to the profession, act as a showcase for best prac- tices, provide news from related fields, publish recent research related to YA Teen Tech Week Mini Grants made the most of their awards. librarianship, and will spotlight significant events of the organization and This issue also features Jami Jones’ second article, “ ‘Shelters offer in-depth reviews of professional literature. YALS will also serve as the official record of the organization. from the Storm’: Teens, Stress, and Libraries,” focusing on the Production stress teens face at home and school and how we can help. Judy ALA Production Services—Troy D. Linker, Chris Keech, Tim Clifford, and Michaelson explores online homework help options, and Brian W. Justine Wells. Sturm and Karin Michel examine the power of problem novels. Advertising Teen Tech Week reminds us that teens and technology belong Bill Spilman, Innovative Media Solutions; 1-877-878-3260; fax (309) 483-2371; e-mail [email protected]. YALS accepts advertis- in libraries. Our game-playing, multi-tasking, delightfully complex ing for goods or services of interest to the library profession and librarians in teens keep us on our toes in a constant learning curve and on the service to youth in particular. It encourages advertising that informs readers and provides clear communication between vendor and buyer. YALS adheres cutting edge of technology, teen literature and all its forms, and the to ethical and commonly accepted advertising practices and reserves the right newest trends. If lifelong learning is truly the fountain of youth, I to reject any advertisement not suited to the above purposes or not consistent with the aims and policies of ALA. Acceptance of advertising in YALS does think young adult librarians are swimming in it! not imply official endorsement by ALA of the products or services advertised. When you receive this issue, the buzz will be about the just- Manuscripts announced ALA Youth Media Awards. Anyone who has been to an Manuscripts and letters pertaining to editorial content should be sent to ALA Midwinter Meeting can attest to the excitement in the ball- 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 room as titles and authors are announced for the Printz, Edwards, referee procedures. Visit www.ala.org/yalsa for further information. Odyssey (for audiobooks), and Alex Awards. A new award to Indexing, Abstracting, and Microfilm look for this year is the William C. Morris Award, for a first-time Young Adult Library Services is indexed in Library Literature, Library & author. The Best Books, Popular Paperbacks, Quick Picks, and all Information Science Abstracts, and Current Index to Journals in Education. Microfilm copies of Journal of Youth Services in Libraries and its predecessor, the other valuable lists are released as well into the eager hands of Top of the News, are available from ProQuest/Bell & Howell, 300 N. Zeeb librarians wanting to provide the best available materials for their Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
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