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Author: Eliza T. Dresang
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2006-06-12
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780838909188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the CATE method for integrating outcome-based planning and evaluation into library programs and services for young patrons, and looks at how it worked at the St. Louis Public Library.
Author: Melissa Gross
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2022-07-22
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0838938329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOutcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE), with its straightforward approach built on a flexible framework, is the perfect model to enable youth services professionals to deliver effective services regardless of uncertainties. An outcome-based approach can help youth services stay grounded in producing desired outcomes with and for youth through responsive programs, services, and processes that can adapt to changing conditions. Clarifying the relationship between planning, program development, and evaluation, the five simple steps outlined in this book will help youth services staff conduct solid community assessments and integrate OBPE into their work. Inside its pages you will learn a short history of OBPE and its evolution; why it is crucially important to involve youth in all stages of program development, with guidance on navigating challenges; how to think about planning as the need to react quickly, whether due to natural or human-made disasters, changing demographics, or economic swings; the five steps of OBPE, from gathering information about your community and determining the outcomes that will serve your community to crafting accurate outcome statements, developing an evaluation plan, and maximizing the results of successful outcome-based programs; how to visualize the steps needed to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate an outcome-based program, using the template included in the book; ways to share your data to let people know the library’s important role in the community; and additional useful tools to bolster your work, including environmental scan forms and ideas for creating relevant family storytimes.
Author: Melissa Gross
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2016-01-13
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 0838914160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing plentiful examples of how to proceed through each phase of the OBPE model, this book boils down planning and evaluation into an approachable, easy to understand process for public librarians, library managers, and grant writers.
Author: Kathleen Campana
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2019-04-01
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 0838917968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmphasizing an inclusive approach to programming that incorporates research-based theories and frameworks, this text will be a valuable orientation tool for LIS students as well as a holistic guide for current children and youth services professionals.
Author: Anne Woodsworth
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2012-09-05
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1781900612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis themed volume focuses not on the how of undertaking assessment and outcome evaluations, but rather on their successes and failures in various contexts in which these tools have been and will be used.
Author: Anthony Bernier
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-04-26
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 153817930X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinally, a single volume that comprehensively introduces and addresses the most pressing issues and opportunities in young adult (teen) library services. Perpetually in the shadow of service to children, and historically riven by fractious relationships between public and school libraries, young adult services continue to suffer inadequacies and inequities of all kinds. Consequently, this area of specialization remains without the capacity to build the institutional, political, cultural, or professional influence needed to grow and develop beyond ritual and repetition. Young Adult Services: Challenges and Opportunities (COYAS) begins to address these inequities by preparing professionals. In COYAS, LIS youth services instructors, especially those in the United States and Canada, will find a single, broad, and diverse engagement with scholars and acknowledged experts on the most pressing issues confronting YA services today. Students at both graduate and undergraduate levels will benefit from the field-tested topics delivered through accessible treatments. Practicing YA (and youth) librarians will appreciate the support and evidence-based analysis they likely found lacking in their MLIS programs. Earnest youth advocates will value the pursuit of issues beyond cliché and perpetual “crash course” entry-level conversations. In addition, instructors and students will both value the brevity of concisely focused chapters, sectional introductions, as well as the study guide questions that conclude each chapter. Content areas include history and critical engagement with foundational concepts in YA services, current practices regarding challenges and opportunities, as well as forward leaning issues for future development of the field. COYAS will ultimately empower librarians in delivering professional-grade information services to improve the quality of young people’s experience in this important cultural institution.
Author: Lisa Houde
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018-06-04
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1538107619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are few places an LGBTQ teen can turn for help – searching the internet at home leaves a potentially discoverable trail, teachers may condemn youth who seek their help, and certainly, in many cases, a teen’s parents are not an option. While there have been advancements in acceptance of the LGBTQ population, there is still a firm stronghold on discrimination and teens still face the fear of potential alienation. This leaves one of the only safe places for a teen to find information and, and indeed, find themselves in the context of the world – at the library. Serving LGBTQ Teens offers the librarian a practical guide to library service to LGBTQ teens – from collection development, understanding terminology, dealing with censorship issues, programming and outreach, readers’ advisory, and even to creating welcoming displays, librarians will find the tools they need to offer exceptional services for LGBTQ teens.
Author: Michael Bemis
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-03-03
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0838996051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.
Author: Sarah Flowers
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012-05-31
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1555707939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlowers offers guidance for librarians in examining all aspects of teen programming and services to determine where improvement is needed. Readers will learn how to Develop goals and objectives for evaluation Collect the data for a realistic picture of a library’s strengths and weaknesses Use many different types of data with the help of practical examples included in the text Evaluate YA collections, summer reading programs, special events, and library staff This guide comes with an explanation of the YALSA competencies, the YALSA teen services evaluation tool, and models for what excellent teen services programs should look like. Ready-to-use evaluation forms and checklists save time and resources by improving assessment methods in minutes.
Author: Anthony Bernier
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2019-05-20
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 0838919332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow showcasing an even more rigorous debate about the theory and practice of YA librarianship than its first edition, this "provocative presentation of diverse viewpoints by leaders in the field" (Catholic Library World) has been updated and expanded to incorporate recent advances in critical youth studies.
