neflin: ya collection development
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COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG ADULTSPresented by Beth Gallaway for NEFLINDecember 7, 2010
OBJECTIVES
• Discuss key questions to ask in creating a collection development policy for young adults;
• Share online and print selection materials and resources for young adult collections;
• Identify criteria for selecting fiction and non-fiction for reluctant readers;
• Review CREW (Continuous Review Evaluation Weeding)/MUSTIE (Misleading, Ugly, Superceded, Trivial, Irrelevant, Elsewhere) methods for weeding the young adult collection.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
COLLECTIONS• Multimedia
– Fiction– Nonfiction– Magazines– Graphic Novels– Audio– Video– Games – Electronic Resources
• Portability– MP3– Playaway– Digital
OVERVIEW
POLICY
2010 Standards for Public Library Service to Young Adults in Massachusetts. http://masslib.org/editor/upload/files/YSS/ya_standards_2010.pdf
QUESTIONS TO ASK• Who is the collection for?• What formats will you collect?• What genres will you collect?• What is your selection criteria?• What resources will you use to select?• Where will you purchase from?• Is there a donation policy?• How will the collection be organized?• Where will the collection be stored?• Are there security measures that need to be
addressed?• What is the procedure for materials challenge?
SAMPLES
www.townofarlington.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=263
http://www.crooklib.org/AboutUs/LibraryInformation/CollectionDevelopmentPolicy/tabid/1042/Default.aspx
10 TRICKS FOR GETTING TEENS TO UTILIZE THE COLLECTION
1. Ask teens what they want to read/consume.
2. Celebrate Teen Read Week/Tech Week.3. Relate materials to programs.4. Display, display, display.5. Purchase a variety of genres.6. Purchase a variety of formats.7. Any reading = good reading.8. Make it easy to get library cards.9. Make reading its own reward.10. Use non-book formats to pique interest.
WHAT COUNTS AS READING?
Multimedia Collections, Peabody Institute Library, Danvers MA
AUDIOBOOKS = LITERACY
Reading comprehension is increased
Listening becomes a family/group activity
Listening while reading along meets multiple intelligences
GAMING = LITERACY Environmental print
SignageLabelsMaps
Reading about the gameInstructionsWalkthroughs
Writing about the gameForums Websites
Chat: “WTS, Mageweave cloth, 15g”
READING ONLINE = LITERACY Email Chat Webpages Fan Fiction Forums Tagging Blogging Online Classes
DISPLAY, DISPLAY, DISPLAY
Best Books, Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket, MA
MULTIPLE FORMATS & GENRES
Farmington Public Library, Farmington CT
MULTIPLE FORMATS
Playaways, Evanston (IL) Public Library
MULTIPLE FORMATS
MP3 Collection, South Huntington Public Library, NY
SELECTION RESOURCES
SELECTION RESOURCES IN PRINT Horn Book VOYA School Library Journal Booklist Kirkus
YALSA AWARDS Alex Margaret Alex Edwards William C. Morris Odyssey Award Michael L. Printz Award Excellence in Nonfiction
YALSA SELECTED LISTS Amazing Audiobooks Best Fiction Fabulous Films Great Graphic Novels Outstanding Books
for the College Bound Popular Paperbacks Quick Picks Reader’s Choice Teens Top Ten
ASSESSING MATERIALS
ASSESSING GRAPHIC NOVELS Art Text Design
ASSESSING AUDIO Narration Sound Quality Background Music & Sound Effects Packaging
ASSESSING FICTION
ASSESSING NONFICTION
ASSESSING GAMES
BUDGET
SAMPLE PERCENTAGES
50% new 25% retro 25% replacement
33% new 33% retro 33% replacement
30% media 40% fiction 30% nonfiction
50% hardcover 25% pbk 25% media
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT ON A SHOESTRING
Review ARCs Grants Collective purchasing Book Coops Remainders Amazon Wish List
WEEDING
CREW
WHY WEED?
Space Time Appealing Enhances reputation Keep up with collection needs Constant feedback
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Library mission & goals Needs/demands of patrons Availability of (other) materials Budget Potential us Content Appearance Usage
FORMULA
WEEDING: MUSTIE
THANK YOU!
Slides: infogdss.wordpress.com
Links:
delicious.com/informationgoddess29/yacolldev
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