Outstanding Library Service to Children: Putting the Core Competencies to Work by Rosanne Cerny, Penny Markey, Amanda Williams

Outstanding Library Service to Children: Putting the Core Competencies to Work



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Outstanding Library Service to Children: Putting the Core Competencies to Work Rosanne Cerny, Penny Markey, Amanda Williams
Language: English
Page: 112
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0838909221, 9780838998403
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From School Library Journal

This book aimed at children's librarians, library administrators, and educators seeks to elaborate on the Association of Library Services to Children's Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries. Best suited for those relatively unfamiliar with children's services, the book examines the competencies in broad categories, succinctly defining core values and providing background and suggestions for building skills. The resource lists that end each chapter contain the occasional outdated title, but they also point to an impressive variety of sources, including materials produced by state associations and thinkers outside the library profession. The text occasionally relies on language geared toward female practitioners (Your goal is to be perceived as an expert adult, not a child in high heels) that isn't balanced by language geared toward men, a surprising oversight in a book seeking to welcome both genders to the profession. This isn't meant to replace standard texts such as Virginia Walter's Children and Libraries (ALA, 2001), but it's a fine resource for staff new to children's services and those who train them.–Adrienne Furness, Webster Public Library, NY
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Written as a companion to the 1999 publication Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries, this guide outlines and explains the "core competencies" necessary for librarians specializing in services for children. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) outlines these seven competencies as being more than collection development and story hour. Each of the seven is explained in a separate chapter that includes a lengthy bibliography for further reading; for example, children's librarians must also know their clientele and acquire management skills. Appendixes list useful Web sites for each competency requirement and ALSC committees as they relate to the competencies. This slim volume should be required reading for all future children's services librarians. Recommended for public libraries and academic libraries with library and information science programs. Lisa Johnston
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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