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.