Reference services for children and young adults
William A. Katz (Editor), Ruth A. Fraley (Editor)
Reference Services for Children and Young Adults explores information needs of children and young adults; discusses the building of collections for reference use; delineates issues in providing effective services; and discusses the differences/similarities of serving these age groups in two different institutional settingsthe public library and the school library/media center.
Reference librarian, 7/8
215 pages ; 23 cm
9780866562010, 086656201X
9370792
INTRODUCTION. Reference and Information Services for Children and Young Adults : Definition, Services, and Issues / Shirley A. Fitzgibbons
AN OVERVIEW. Young Adult Reference Services in the Public Library / Mary K. Chelton
Information Services for Elementary School Students / Mary Robinson Sive
Children's Questions : Reference Interviews with the Young / Linda Ward Callaghan
Please Interrupt Me / Diana Dent Young
"What Time Is It in Antarctica?" Meeting the Information Needs of Children / Gertrude B. Herman
"Where's The Guinness Book of Records, Miss?" Some Thoughts on Reference Services to Children and Young People / Sally E. Gibbs
And Children's Librarians : Some Observations and a Wish List / Ruth Gordon
Eggs to Omelets Without Eggshells / David P. Snide
Hands, Diamonds, Bears, Wind : Introducing Young Adults to Reference Books-A Topic Approach / Hazel Rochman
Doin' Da Missin' Books Boogie : Thoughts on Axioms, Flexibility, and Attila the Hun / Carole Marie Hastings
Narrowing the Gap Between Library Instruction and Functional Library Literacy / Patricia C. Payne
PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENCE SERVICES. Public Library/School Library Cooperation : Applications for Reference Services / Barbara Will Razzano
Learner's Advisory Service for Young Adults / Emma Cohn
Nurturing Intellectual Curiosity : A Practical Look at Reference Services for Children and Young Adults in Public Libraries / Judith Rovenger
From the Firing Line : Practical Advice for Reference Service with Children in the Public Library / Gretchen Wronka
Reference Needs of Children and Young Adults in Public Libraries / Evie Wilson
REFERENCE MATERIALS. The Local Production of Information Resources for Adolescents and Children : A Possibility Worth Considering / W. Bernard Lukenbill
Reference Work with Children : Sources of Information / Barbara Rollock
The Fair Garden Revisited / Mel Rosenberg
Reviews of Children's Reference Books : Where Are They?
Phyllis J. Van Orden
Selecting Reference Materials for Library Service to Children and Young Adults / Mary Alice Deveny
The Vertical File : Versatile Library Tools, So Why Aren't You Using Them? / Catherine S. Chang
In Search of State and Regional Resource Material / Anitra T. Steele
The Use of Reference Books in Schools / Walter Ovens
"Has also been published as The Reference librarian, numbers 7/8, spring/summer 1983."