Reflection Five, Children’s and Young Adult Literature:
1. How does the librarian keep up with the latest and greatest in child and YA lit?
Reviews found in School Library Journal and personal recommendations, as well as personal preference all factor into choosing what to purchase for the juvenile/YA section of the library.
2. What kind of reading and genre promotion does the librarian use?
Summer reading programs, power walls (displays with new or favorite materials), Internet social networking (Facebook, Twitter), personal recommendations, and youth programs such as "Raptors of the Rockies" and overall summer themes are all different ways of promoting reading at the public library.
3. Does the library engage in any reading instruction or improvement with students during library time?
The library creates and manages student programs throughout the week that instruct students in a variety of areas, specifically in writing, reading, and creative thinking.
4. What kind of different collections exist for various reading abilities in the library?
Easy, easy beginner, easy series, juvenile, juvenile series, YA room (this includes novels, graphic novels, computer programs, etc.)
5. What child and YA literature ideas will you take with you from this internship experience and use in your library or teaching situation?
The library has a good list of books available for specific interest. These lists are printed on bookmarks for easy access for patrons. It's a nice ready-reference idea for young readers, and for librarians who don't know much about a particular subject or series.
6. How does the library collection reach out to students with different reading abilities? How are newer publishing trends or reading programs like graphic novels or reading comprehension tests addressed in the collection?
The library collection is broken down for ease of reading and differentiated by various colors of spots on the the labels. The easy books are broken down into easy, easier, easiest, and then there's the list of beginner books, and so on. Levels are clearly labeled and there is always a librarian on hand to answer questions.
Graphic novels are part of the collection, and displays specific to these are set up throughout the year. However, this being a public library, there are no reading comprehension tests and none of the books have the AR or Scholastic Reading Counts information in them.
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