Competency #9: Internet Searching

I chose to link to the Voice of Youth Advocates website. VOYA is a magazine serving young adult librarians and supporting librarians who "Advocate for Youth." VOYA is an excellent magazine. It is published bimonthly and in addition to YALSA's publication is a critical subscription for YA Librarians.





http://www.voya.com/

I found this website through the Google.com search engine.

ELJ

Competency # 8: Multimedia

I performed a Google Image search and found this interesting graph from a 2004 Gallup poll about what teens do for entertainment.

Gallup Poll (Oct.2004) on Teen Leisure Habits: TV Still On Top accessed via
http://www.frankwbaker.com/media_use.htm Nov 13, 2007.

The Copyright statement is at the bottom of their homepage:

Media Literacy Clearinghouse makes available some copyrighted material. We understand our use of any such copyrighted material to constitute a "fair use" as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.


So to help counteract the large weight TV and Internet have in Teens lives and encourage teens to read YALSA has created Teen Read Week with the slogan "Read for the Fun of It"

Image found with a Google.com image search and accessed through YALSA www.ala.org/yalsa

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2007/publicity.cfm#logo

The copyright statement is under the logos here:

The use of the Teen Read Week logo and/or any other trademarked material related to Teen Read Week(TM), is limited to school and public libraries, or other non-profit groups, and is for non-commercial, educational purposes only

Competency #7: Social Networking- My Space

I searched in MySpace for Young Adult AND Public Library Services and it looks like there is a lot to chose from! Many public libraries have young adult MySpace pages. I elected to link to the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) MySpace page. YALSA is the young adult organization under ALA. They publish valuable material in their journal and they are an excellent organization for young adult librarians.

From the MySpace page:
"Do you love music, technology, manga, graphic novels, chick lit, anime, gaming? Are you a teen, author, publisher, game developer, web designer, librarian, or youth worker? Yes? YALSA is here for you!"

http://www.myspace.com/yalsa

ELJ

Competency #6: Specific Facet in Dialog/ ERIC

I performed a specific facet first search in Dialog accessing the ERIC database.

Stratgey:
S1 YOUNG ADULTS 5650 Hits
S2 LIBRARY SERVICES 12294 Hits
S3 S1 AND S2 64 Hits
S4 S3/2000:2007 11 Hits

Here are my three favorite hits:


4/8/3 DIALOG(R)File 1:(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rts. reserv.
0011013549 ERIC Number: EJ701746
Giving Teens a Chance: Karl Kendall--Phoenix Public Library March 15, 2004 (20040315) Descriptors: Adolescents; Public Libraries; Young Adults; Youth Opportunities; Urban Areas; Library Services; Outreach Programs; Library Role Dialog Update Date: 070924; 19:08:08 EST

4/8/6 DIALOG(R)File 1:(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rts. reserv.
0010702233 ERIC Number: EJ673395
Shattered by "Shattering Glass": A Teen Book Group Forsakes Fantasy for Realism. 2003 (20030000) Descriptors: *Adolescent Literature; Adolescents; Library Services; Outreach Programs; Recreational Reading; Young Adults Identifiers: *Book Clubs; Book Talks; *Reading Groups; Youth Service Dialog Update Date: 070924; 13:48:53 EST


4/8/10 DIALOG(R)File 1:(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rts. reserv.
0010211679 ERIC Number: ED458880
Do It Right! Best Practices for Serving Young Adults in School and Public Libraries.
Teens @ the Library Series. 2001 (20010000)
Descriptors: *Adolescents; *Elementary Secondary Education; Information Services; Learning Resources Centers; Library Development; Library Policy; *Library Services; *Public Libraries; Reference Services; School Libraries; User Needs (Information); *Young Adults Dialog Update Date: 070924; 13:48:53 EST

I had a hard time learning how to use DIALOG effectively. It is a very different interface and search mechanism than the other databases I am used to. Because the database is so large I kept getting thousands of results and had a hard time narrowing them down. I finally realized I needed to make my search more specific and then I got good results. I also had to work on the command language to get it to do what I wanted.

ELJ

Competency #6: Citation Pearl Growing Search in LibLit

I did a Citation Pearl Search in the Library Literature database. I started with a citation from my succesive fractions search in WorldCat.

Extreme teens : library services to nontraditional young adults / Author: Anderson, Sheila B. Publication: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 299

In LibLit I entered these search terms:

(extreme teens) TI AND (anderson, sheila) AU

Once I reached the article (it was the only one retreived) I browsed the subject headings that the book was indexed under and clicked on Young Adults' Activities/Projects in the Subject Headings area.
This brought me 237 results.
I limited to Full Text and retreived 97 results.
These are my two favorite hits:

Title: Tame the Beasts: Try a Little TLC with Your Teens
Personal Author: King, Danielle
Journal Name: Florida Libraries
Source: Florida Libraries v. 50 no. 1 (Spring 2007) p. 8-9
Publication Year: 2007
Physical Description: Bibliographic footnotes
ISSN: 0046-4147
Language of Document: English
Subject(s): Young adults' library services/Florida; Young adults' library services/Activity projects; Student assistants/Public libraries; Orange County Library System (Fla.)
Persistent URL: Click to copy the PDF full text article link



Title: Step Up to the Plate
Personal Author: Gorman, Michele
Journal Name: School Library Journal
Source: School Library Journal v. 53 no. 6 (June 2007) p. 31
Publication Year: 2007
Physical Description: Illustration
ISSN: 0362-8930
Language of Document: English
Abstract: The writer provides some tips for young adult librarians on organizing an event to encourage conversations about self-awareness, coming-of-age, identity, and self-expression from a young adult perspective as a way of justifying to the local community the library's inclusion of controversial materials in its collection.
Subject(s): Young adults' library services/Activity projects; Librarians/Social responsibilities; Program planning
Persistent URL: Click to copy the PDF full text article link

I really liked citation pearl searching. Once you have found a good book or article it is a great way to find where else to look in a database. When you find the right "Controlled vocabulary" or index term you get great results.

ELJ