Crash Course in Children's Services (2014)
Penny Peck
ABC-CLIO
978-1-61069-781-1
Useful
for newcomers to the children's library staff as well as longtime
children's librarians, the second edition of this popular handbook
provides easy-to-follow instructions to make innovations in children's
library materials work for you.
Addressing
everything from the basics of reference to the complex and highly
specialized duties of program development, this handbook is perfect for
both librarians and support staff who are assigned to the children's
department of a library. This second addition of Crash Course in Children’s Services
covers many of the new issues facing children's library staff,
including eBooks, using apps in programming, other online reading
options, book trailers, nonfiction and the Common Core curriculum. It
also describes expanded programming options such as makerspaces, gaming,
dog reading programs, and play at storytime.
Ideal for new
children’s librarians as well as experienced library staff who have not
worked with children recently and long-time children's librarians
looking to add new skills to their tool kits, the book familiarizes
readers with all the new developments of the past few years, from online
reading options to the wealth of new programming aimed at youth. You’ll
learn about subjects such as pop-up and passive programming, offering
online homework help, and outreach and services to special needs
children, and then quickly implement new practices into use at your
library.
Features:
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- Covers new technologies and Common Core standards in addition to traditional areas of children's services
- Allows
any library staff to comfortably assist children searching for
reference and homework help, offer effective readers’ advisory
assistance, and perform basic promotion of books to children
- Supplies
information that is useful for newcomers to the children's library
staff and those who substitute at the children’s desk as well as
longtime children's librarians or experienced staff taking on new
responsibilities