BOOK LISTS: SPORTS
Our sports book lists have been updated for summer:
April Meeting
This month’s meeting topic:
Collection Management: We’ll address your burning collection management issues: when to weed, when to update that book, and best practices (and sources) for keeping up to date on your collection. Join us!
Do you have books that look like this in your collection?
If so, it’s time for a serious weeding. And check out some other gems from this blog post of books out in the mid-1980s
Date: April 12th
Place: WLSC (our last meeting there – next month is a field trip)
Time: 10 am until 12 pm.
Don’t forget to register. All are welcome.
~ Jennifer
March Meeting
Place: Willimantic Library Service Center
Date: March 8
Time: 10 AM
Topic:
Updating and/or creating Teen Webpage
* The CT Teen Library tab has been updated – take a look
~ Jennifer
Check this out!
Do you know about the NEW YALSA Programming site?
Check out the programs here – you can even filter out by categories or ask a question
~ Jennifer
Summer Reading: Get In the Game
If you need some more ideas:
CSPL Pinterest board
Jennifer’s Pinterest board
~ Jennifer
February Meeting
Place: Willimantic Library Service Center
Date: February 9th
Time: 10 am
Meeting Topic:
Summer Reading:
program ideas, prizes (or prize alternatives), great books, and good movies to show.
~ Jennifer
Teen Tech Week is Coming
Teen Tech Week: Create It @ Your Library
When: March 6-12th
Planning: Event Ideas
Promotion: Logos and more
For more info see the YALSA ning
I have STEAM Pinterest board that might give you some more program ideas
~ Jennifer
January Meeting
Our next meeting:
January 12
Willimantic Library Service Center
10 am
Topic:
Advocating Teen Services:
YALSA Toolbox
Using Stats
Make an elevator pitch
* All of these are perfect to get you ready for budget season
See you there,
Jennifer
Happy New Year
I hope 2016 brings you and your library much joy, good books, and good friends.
Tips for Readers’ Advisory
From the ALA site:
Jessica Moyer and Michael Cox included in the following tips in a presentation
Do:
- Stock popular materials and replace them when they wear out or walk out
- Have nonfiction, graphic novels, magazines and audiobooks in your YA collection
- Read nonfiction, graphic novels, manga, magazines and adult fiction, and listen to audiobooks of all types, even if it is only in “10 Minutes”
- Keep a journal to remember what you “read”
- Suggest nonfiction, graphic novels, manga, audiobooks, and adult fiction
- Be specific, not abstract when describing your suggestions
- Admit your likes and dislikes when asked – be honest with your teens!
- EVER make any kind of judging statement when talking to teen readers
- Suggest really old materials (as in I loved that when I was a teen)
- Push your favorite books
- Encourage teens to read “quality” books or “move them up” to better books
- Tell teens only books (or fiction) count as really “reading”
- Read only YA books
- Forget the Rules of Leisure Reading
What other tips would you suggest?
~ Jennifer
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