New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults
Jones updates ALA'sDirections for Library Service to Young Adults(2d ed., 1993) and includes planning models based on AASL'sInformation Power: Building Partnerships for Learning(ALA, 1998) and PLA'sThe New Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach(ALA, 2001). These models include goals of YA services, core values, and arguments for youth services. Each model addresses providing services within a library setting, encouraging teen participation, and meeting the developmental needs of young adults. An extensive checklist of quality library services includes staffing, resources, facilities, and programming. Several appendixes provide added information not found together elsewhere, including YALSA's Strategic Plan, an excerpt from the IRA position statement on adolescent literacy, competencies for effective YA librarians, and normal adolescent development. This title will be useful to both the school and the public librarian.RBBCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved