Sara K. Joiner - Teen Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Teen Services Today

Practical Guides for Librarians

About the Series

This innovative series written and edited for librarians by librarians provides authoritative, practical information and guidance on a wide spectrum of library processes and operations.

Books in the series are focused, describing practical and innovative solutions to a problem facing todays librarian and delivering step-by-step guidance for planning, creating, implementing, managing, and evaluating a wide range of services and programs.

The books are aimed at beginning and intermediate librarians needing basic instruction/guidance in a specific subject and at experienced librarians who need to gain knowledge in a new area or guidance in implementing a new program/service.

About the Series Editor

The Practical Guides for Librarians series was conceived by and is edited by M. Sandra Wood, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA, Librarian Emerita, Penn State University Libraries.

M. Sandra Wood was a librarian at the George T. Harrell Library, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, for over thirty-five years, specializing in reference, educational, and database services. Ms. Wood worked for several years as a development editor for Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Ms. Wood received an MLS from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. She is a fellow of the Medical Library Association and served as a member of MLAs Board of Directors from 1991 to 1995. Ms. Wood is founding and current editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly , now in its thirty-fifth volume. She also was founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet and the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries and served as editor/coeditor of both journals through 2011.

Titles in the Series

1. How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane.

2. Implementing an Inclusive Staffing Model for Todays Reference Services by Julia K. Nims, Paula Storm, and Robert Stevens.

3. Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew C. Mariner.

4. Outsourcing Technology: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Robin Hastings

5. Making the Library Accessible for All: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jane Vincent

6. Discovering and Using Historical Geographical Resources on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva H. Dodsworth and L. W. Lalibert

7. Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett

8. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians by John J. Burke

9. Implementing Web-Scale Discovery Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by JoLinda Thompson

10. Using iPhones and iPads: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew Connolly and Tony Cosgrave

11. Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Rebecca Blakiston

12. Mobile Devices: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Ben Rawlins

13. Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, and Eric Kurt

14. Childrens Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jeanette Larson

15. Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katherine Pennavaria

16. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Karen C. Kohn

17. Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Hannah Gascho Rempel and Maribeth Slebodnik

18. Using Google Earth in Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva Dodsworth and Andrew Nicholson

19. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett

20. Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane

21. Meeting Community Needs: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Pamela H. MacKellar

22. 3D Printing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Sara Russell Gonzalez and Denise Beaubien Bennett

23. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in Academic and Special Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Steven Carrico, Michelle Leonard, and Erin Gallagher

24. Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Bess G. de Farber

25. Story Time Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katie Fitzgerald

26. Teaching Google Scholar: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Paige Alfonzo

27. Teen Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Sara K. Joiner & Geri Swanzy

Teen Services Today

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Sara K. Joiner and Geri Swanzy

Practical Guides for Librarians, No. 27

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Names: Joiner, Sara K., author. | Swanzy, Geri, 1979 author.

Title: Teen services today : a practical guide for librarians / Sara K. Joiner and Geri Swanzy.

Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] | Series: Practical guides for librarians ; no. 27 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016011438 (print) | LCCN 2016031673 (ebook) | ISBN 9781442264212 (paperback) | ISBN 9781442264229 (eBook) | ISBN 9781442264229 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Young adults librariesUnited States. | Libraries and teenagersUnited States.

Classification: LCC Z718.5 .J645 2016 (print) | LCC Z718.5 (ebook) | DDC 027.62/60973dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016011438

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Preface

Baby boomers, gen X, millennials, no matter the name, each generation has its batch of teenagers. While the emotional ups and downs, the desire to fit in, the excitements and worries of navigating middle school and high school are the same across the generational gap, the current generation, generation Z, is experiencing life in a way no other generation has. Technology has taken over the world and is a major influence in the shape of the lives of this generation. Because of this influx of technology over the last twenty years, the generation gap between contemporary teens and adults is wider than ever.

But even with this generation gap, even with access to the world at their fingertips, teens are still teens. Theyre still children trying to learn how to move into the adult world. Its up to the adults in their lives to figure out how to bridge that generation gap and help them maneuver into that world.

Teen Services Today; A Practical Guide for Librarians will help you navigate the sometimes murky, sometimes scary, but always exciting waters of teen services. Public libraries and public librarians have a responsibility to assist any and all patrons who walk through our doors to the best of our abilities, and teens are no exception. In fact, teens tend to be an underserved population in many libraries across the country. Its up to you, the teen librarian, to make sure the needs of the teens are being met. For many library staff, especially new librarians or paraprofessionals assigned to work with teens, that can seem a little daunting.