Youth services and public libraries /

Youth Services and Public Libraries offers strategies to match the information needs and wants of children and young adults in public libraries and translates these into knowledge for providing relevant services. The latest trends in service provision are covered within the context of appropriate ma...

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Main Authors: Higgins, Susan E. (Assistant professor)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Chandos,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos information professional series
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843341567
Summary: Youth Services and Public Libraries offers strategies to match the information needs and wants of children and young adults in public libraries and translates these into knowledge for providing relevant services. The latest trends in service provision are covered within the context of appropriate management, programming and marketing of services. The book is grounded in the principles of public library services to children and young adults everywhere. Links practical application of library programming to theoretical foundations of serviceIllustrates concepts with reference to the developmental needs of children and young adultsDescribes how to implement library policies which recommend, design, direct, supervise and evaluate active youth services programs.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages) : illustrations, 1 portrait.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 1843341565
9781843341567
9781780631097
178063109X
Index Number: Z718
CLC: G259.712.57
Contents: Part 1. Principles of library service -- Part 2. Practices -- Part 3. Professionalism.