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Here's a book on today's reference sources and services written just for children's and young adult librarians. It includes core reference collections bibliographies targeted to elementary-age children, to middle schoolers, and to teens. Each chapter also includes sidebar exercise and thought experiments, as well as prompts for next action steps

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9781538163191

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Farmer applies research, professional principles, and theory to provide a sound roadmap to effective reference service for young people. Youth-related topics such as developmental theories, information behaviors of youth, cultural competence, and ethics contribute to a useful guide, particularly for librarians serving this population.--Jean Donham, Ph.D., Professor, Retired, University of Northern Iowa

"Farmer applies research, professional principles, and theory to provide a sound roadmap to effective reference service for young people. Youth-related topics such as developmental theories, information behaviors of youth, cultural competence, and ethics contribute to a useful guide, particularly for librarians serving this population.--Jean Donham, Ph.D., Professor, Retired, University of Northern Iowa Farmer presents a dynamic, thoughtful discussion of the future of reference services for youth, contextualizing the topic within the mercurial nature of the historical times in which we are living during this Information Age. Pedagogically, youth-serving librarians and LIS faculty who teach in this area will find this text informative and insightful for expanding librarians' theoretical perspectives and improving professional practices.-- ""Journal Of Education For Library and Information Science"" This practical guide features all the tips and tools needed for reference and instruction work in school libraries.--Jennifer Branch-Mueller, Professor, Teacher-Librarianship Education University of Alberta, Canada and President, International Association of School Librarianship"

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Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer, Professor at California State University (CSU) Long Beach, coordinates the Teacher Librarianship program, and was named as the university’s Outstanding Professor. She also manages the CSU ICT Literacy Project. She earned her M.S. in Library Science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and received her doctorate in Adult Education from Temple University. Dr. Farmer chaired the IFLA’s School Libraries Section, chairs the International Association of School Librarianship Library Education SIG, and is a Fulbright scholar. A frequent presenter and writer for the profession, she won several honors, including American Library Association’s Phi Beta Mu Award for library education and the Ken Haycock Leadership Award, the Catholic Library Association St. Katharine Drexel Award, and the AASL Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Farmer’s research interests include school librarianship, information and media literacy, digital citizenship, and data analytics.

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