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Outreach services for teens : a starter guide / Jess Snow ; foreword by Anthony Bernier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2020Description: xiv, 89 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838948156
  • 0838948154
Subject(s):
Contents:
What outreach may look like -- How to create partnerships -- The role of staff in providing outreach -- How to identify goals and outcomes for outreach services -- Incorporating technology into your outreach -- How to create a core collections for outreach -- Appendix: Resources -- Outreach plan for teen librarians -- Memorandum of understanding (Mou) example -- Restricted materials for a juvenile detention facility -- Survey to gather input from teens in a juvenile detention facility -- National organizations serving teens -- Selection tools -- Core titles for teen outreach -- Booktalks to hook teens on books -- Sample book checkout sheet -- Staff training resources -- How to stay safe in partner's facility -- Open-source and free software to download.
Summary: "This book provides readers with a working definition of outreach services, shares tools to create successful partners, explores what successful outreach service looks like, and examines ways to evaluate outreach services"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The clichéd and vague notions about outreach services for teens that so many librarians encounter in job descriptions and performance evaluations do not reflect the importance or day-to-day realities of this undertaking. In this primer for those new to the profession, Snow demonstrates how youth librarians can approach outreach systematically and mindfully to ensure success. Readers will learn how to apply a full complement of professional skills, creativity, analysis, and resourcefulness to the conception, delivery, and evaluation of teen outreach. With a special focus on effectively serving marginalized youth, in this book Snow

defines in practical terms what constitutes outreach services for teens and advises on how to plan and advocate for providing those services; discusses steps for creating and maintaining partnerships, both within the library and externally; guides readers through identifying outreach goals and measuring outcomes; details numerous examples of well-executed outreach efforts that can serve as models; shares ways to incorporate technology; provides suggested core titles for teen outreach, book talks to hook teens, selection tools, and a sample book checkout sheet; and includes nuts-and-bolts tools such as an outreach plan for teen librarians, staff training resources, and information about national organizations serving teens.

New youth librarians, middle managers and directors, and other library staff will all benefit from Snow's candid and straightforward exploration of what it takes to develop and deliver powerful outreach efforts.

"This book provides readers with a working definition of outreach services, shares tools to create successful partners, explores what successful outreach service looks like, and examines ways to evaluate outreach services"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-79) and index.

What outreach may look like -- How to create partnerships -- The role of staff in providing outreach -- How to identify goals and outcomes for outreach services -- Incorporating technology into your outreach -- How to create a core collections for outreach -- Appendix: Resources -- Outreach plan for teen librarians -- Memorandum of understanding (Mou) example -- Restricted materials for a juvenile detention facility -- Survey to gather input from teens in a juvenile detention facility -- National organizations serving teens -- Selection tools -- Core titles for teen outreach -- Booktalks to hook teens on books -- Sample book checkout sheet -- Staff training resources -- How to stay safe in partner's facility -- Open-source and free software to download.

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