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Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology:: Connect with Today's Teens

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology:: Connect with Today's Teens

Contributors:

By (Author) Linda D. Behen

ISBN:

9781610693691

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Libraries Unlimited Inc

Publication Date:

17th June 2013

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Primary and Secondary Educational

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Politics and government

Dewey:

027.42

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 178mm, Height 254mm

Weight:

425g

Description

Learn how to integrate pop culture and technology into school library programs and classrooms, and make today's digital content, mobile devices, and students' changing interests work to the educator's advantage. Today's school libraries need to evolve and meet the needs of 21st-century studentsthe instruction, programming, and library services must be relevant to today's learners. Additionally, the interactions between educators and the students are what make the critical difference in the students' learning, and turn the library and classroom into places where they will find, assimilate, experience, and understand information. This book provides practical strategies for using pop culture and technology trends to connect with easily distracted middle and high school students and hold their attention. Author Linda D. Behen addresses why school libraries are in transition and why there is a need for dramatic change. She discusses the evolution of all libraries in response to digital content; ubiquitous mobile devices such as smart phones, iPads, and other tablet computers; patrons' changing interests; and the ways in which schools and school libraries have found to effectively adapt to technology changes and student needs. This book is essential for middle and high school librarians and educators, library school students and instructors, and young adult public librarians.

Reviews

This book is highly recommended for school library media specialists who wish to make their programs more relevant to today's teens. It is full of useful and detailed suggestions. * ARBA *

Author Bio

Linda D. Behen, MLS, has been a school librarian for 17 years, most currently at Mother of Mercy High School in Cincinnati, OH.

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