Connecting Young Adults and Libraries : A How-to-Do-It Manual Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	"Do It Right"	1
1.1	Overview	1
1.2	A Short History	2
1.3	State of the Art: Statistics	3
1.4	Why YA?	9
2	Young Adults in Libraries	11
2.1	Contradictions	11
2.2	Perceptions	12
2.3	Strategies	14
2.4	Behavior	17
2.5	Developmental Tasks	19
2.6	Levels of Response	23
3	Young Adult Collections	29
3.1	Reading Interests	30
3.2	Choices and Priorities	31
3.3	Fiction	35
3.4	Nonfiction	50
3.5	Periodicals	56
3.6	Nonprint	60
3.7	Information Sources	68
3.8	Collection Concerns	70
4	Young Adult Services	75
4.1	Reference Service	75
4.2	Readers Advisory Service	80
4.3	Library Orientation	94
4.4	Library Instruction	105
4.5	Booktalking	112
5	Making Connections	135
5.1	Connecting With Schools	135
5.2	Connecting With Agencies	149
6	Programming	157
6.1	Planning	157
6.2	Promoting	165
6.3	Showtime	171
6.4	Specific Programs	173
7	Marketing and Merchandising	189
7.1	Marketing	189
7.2	The Marketing Plan	192
7.3	Merchandising	193
7.4	The Merchandising Plan	197
8	Issues in Young Adult Services	201
8.1	Confidentiality	201
8.2	Privacy	202
8.3	Social Responsibility	203
8.4	Censorship	203
8.5	Restricted Access	206
8.6	Latchkey and Homeless YAs	206
8.7	Out-of-School/Non-College-Bound YAs	208
8.8	Lack of Diversity	209
8.9	Defining YA Services	210
	Appendix A. National Center for Education Statistics National Survey Results	215
	Appendix B. Core Collection	220
	Appendix C. Core List by Author and Genre	239
	Appendix D. Addresses of Major YA Publishers	242
	Appendix E. Addresses of Magazines for Young Adults	247
	Appendix F. Addresses of Professional Periodicals	257
	Bibliography	261
	Index	277