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Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States
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2011
Summary
In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship. In countries around the world, public and school libraries have unique roles and their staffs collaborate across types of libraries to varying degrees. Library staff preparation, training, and ongoing learning and organization of youth-serving librarians mirror each country’s values and priorities.
The essays in Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States address the universal and culture-specific aspects of library services to children and teens in these three countries. This collection shows how libraries have developed in light of each country’s political, educational, and social history. They examine how government and citizen roles in youth-serving libraries also reflect culturally defined social structures. The chapters highlight unique collections and services within each country and also show how librarians deal with the challenges they encounter, both from within their culture as well as from outside—including natural disasters. Each country’s authors discuss contemporary issues that face youth-serving libraries, such as information literacy, reading in a multimedia world, and the overarching influence of technology.
This book will be of interest to youth-serving librarians around the world, library educators, and for those studying international and young adult librarianship.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8225-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8226-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
372
Product type
Edited Book
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Preface No access
CHAPTER 1. Overview of Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan No access
CHAPTER 2. Media Literacy Practice in the Public High School Library No access
CHAPTER 3. Developing an Expansive Learning Environment No access
CHAPTER 4. School Libraries in Japanese Public Elementary Schools No access
CHAPTER 5. Development and Characteristics of Library Services for Children and Youth in Okinawa No access
CHAPTER 6. The International Library of Children’s Literature No access
CHAPTER 7. Overview of Library Services Provided to Children and Young Adults in Russia No access
CHAPTER 8. Serving Children and Youth on a Basis of School Libraries No access
CHAPTER 9. Services for Children and Young People in Public Libraries No access
CHAPTER 10. Problems of Formation of Information Literacy and Information Culture of Children and Youth No access
CHAPTER 11. A Children’s Library in a Polyethnic Region as a Center of Tolerance, Intercultural Communication, and Peacemaking Center No access
CHAPTER 12. Children, Teenagers, and Librarians on the Net No access
CHAPTER 13. Overview of Youth-Serving Libraries in the United States No access
CHAPTER 14. From Information Power to Empowering Learners No access
CHAPTER 15. U.S. Public Library Service to Youth: Focus on Literacy No access
CHAPTER 16. Why Can’t We Work Together? “The Doctor Is In” No access
CHAPTER 17. School and Public Library Services, Programs, and Collections for Diverse Youth in America No access
CHAPTER 18. Technology for Youth-Serving Libraries in the United States No access
Index No access Pages 361 - 368
About the Editorsand Contributors No access Pages 369 - 372
