Competency #9

For my web page, I chose the Nebraska Library Commission's Resources Page for Children and Young Adults: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/Libdev/librarians.html

This website is a collection of helpful links, organized by category, including activity pages, collection development, crafts, events and program ideas. I chose this website because it does a lot of the work for me of gathering together the many different facets of information that I might need about my topic. I used Google to find this site.

Competency #8

I chose this graph for my blog because I think as a future librarian in charge of youth programs, it is very helpful to have a visual representation of participation numbers for another library's summer reading program.

Huntington, Barbara. Wisconsin Summer Library Programs Participation 2003-2009. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Web. 20 April 2010.

Competency #7

Competency #6

Search #1:
Database: Academic Search Complete
Search technique: Building block
Question: What are some good programs for children that can be run out of the public library?

• Identify the component facets: children, library, program
• Identify the terms for each facet: (children, child, kid, youth, young), (library, libraries, librarian), (program, activity)

• Add Boolean logic: (children OR child OR kid OR youth OR young) AND (library OR libraries OR librarian) AND (program OR activity)
  

Result: I received 206 results and was most interested in the third hit on the list, an article
about cooking programs offered to kids by a public library:
Pierce, J. (2010). Stirring Up Inspiration. American Libraries, 41(3), 54. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

Search #2
Database: ERIC
Search Technique: Specific facet first
Question: What are some good programs for children that can be run out of the public library?

• The most specific of my facets was (library OR libraries OR librarian) which came up with 8,657. This number is certainly to high and I would definitely want to continue to add facets to my search

Result: My first hit on the list-
Kantor-Horning, S. (2009). Self-Service to the People. Library Journal, 134(13), 16-19. Retrieved from ERIC database.

Search #3
Database: JSTOR
Search Technique: Successive Fractions
Question: What are some good programs for children that can be run out of the public library?

• Start with the broadest facet (program OR activity). Result: 77,132 hits
• Narrow by adding second facet (child OR children OR kids OR youth OR young). Result: 7,186 hits
• Narrow by adding third facet (library Or libraries OR librarian). Result: 339 hits

Results: I found the 3 hit on my results page interesting:
Encouraging Voluntary Reading: The Impact of a Literature Program on Children's Use of Library Centers
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Carol Simon Weinstein
Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer, 1986), pp. 330-346
Published by: International Reading Association
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/747713

Search #4
Database: Library Literature
Search Technique: Citation Pearl Growing

• Begin with a successful search result: Landon, M. (2010). That's My Take: Teen Filmmaking at Pima County Public Library. Voice of Youth Advocates, 32(6), 466-7. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database.
• Follow links to subject terms: "young adults' library services/activity projects"

Results: I got 296 hits, all of which looked relavant. I particularly liked:
Osborne, C. (2009). Crafting Cheap and Successful Teen Programs. Young Adult Library Services, 8(1), 15-17. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database.

Competency #5

adult non-fiction (1) informational (1) librarians (1) librarianship (1) libraries (8) library (4) library information (1) library school (1) library science (8) Library work books (1) literacy (2) LMS (1) non-fiction (4) policies (1) professional (3) programming (1) programs (2) reference (3) reference core collection (1) services (1) slis library young adults pat feehan literature (1) teen (1) teenagers (1) teens and libraries (1) teens services (1) YA (3) young adult (1) young adults (4) youngadults (1) youth services

www.librarything.com/work/46375

For my resource, I chose Connecting Young Adults and Libraries by Patrick Jones. I think that getting the young adult demographic and the library on the same page will be a real challenge that I will face in my future career. It is important to be aware of all of the resources that are out there to help me.

Competency #4

I choose to add the Association for Library Service to Children RSS feed to my blog. This organization is a division of the American Library Association and serves as a platform for children's librarians to share information with each other. The section of the site that i found particular helpful is the advocacy section. This are of the site offers free tips and materials for librarians to use to help promote libraries to kids and their parents in their communities.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm

Competency #3

I used www.podscope.com and searched "children's literature". Out of the results, I chose NPR's All Things Considered podcast called "Kid's Books with Lessons for Life". This podcast is great because it includes interviews with people in the children's book industry describing their picks for books to help children. Even better, many of the picks are followed by sample readings by children of the chosen books. At the bottom of the page, NPR lists podcasts that it thinks are also related to children's literature, which makes browsing so easy. I often listen to NPR's All Things Considered, but my commute is only about 30 minutes, so I miss alot. It's great to know that many of their programs are preserved for free playback as podcasts.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story.php?storyId=4160838