Urban teens in the library : research and practice / / edited by Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : American Library Association, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 027.62/6; 027.626
• Soggetto topico: Young adults' libraries - United States; Libraries and teenagers - United States; Libraries and metropolitan areas - United States; Internet in young adults' libraries - United States; Urban youth - Books and reading - United States
• Altri autori: AgostoDenise E Hughes-HassellSandra
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Who are urban teens, and what does "urban" mean, anyway? / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Moving beyond the stereotypes: seeing urban teenagers as individuals / Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Lewis Hassell, and Denise E. Agosto -- Revamping library services to meet urban teens' everyday life information needs and preferences / Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Developing a leisure reading program that is relevant and responsive to the lives of urban teenagers : insights from research / Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Street lit: before you can recommend it, you have to understand it / Vanessa J. Irvin Morris, with Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell -- Urban teens, online social networking, and library services / June Abbas and Denise E. Agosto -- Urban teens and their use of public libraries / Denise E. Agosto -- Public library websites and urban teenagers' health information needs / Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Dana Hanson-Baldauf -- Spacing out with young adults: translating YA space concepts into practice / Anthony Bernier -- Youth development and evaluation: lessons from "Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development" / Elaine Meyers -- The loft at Imaginon: a new-generation library for urban teens / Michele Gorman, Amy Wyckoff, and Rebecca L. Buck -- Before it's reading, it's writing: urban teens as authors in the public library / Autumn Winters and Elizabeth J. Gregg -- Following and leading teens online: using digital library services to reach urban teens / Kara Reuter ---et al.
• Sommario/riassunto: This groundbreaking book is relevant to all librarians working with urban teens and looking for ways to reach out to them.
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban teens in the library
• ISBN: 0-8389-9019-3; 1-283-14797-1; 9786613147974; 0-8389-9018-5; 0-8389-9743-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911102778203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II