diversity in collection development fair: urban fiction
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Presented by:K.C. Boyd, Area Library Coordinator
Chicago Public Schools, Department of Libraries and Information ServicesPictures courtesy of Google Images
Diversity in Collection Development Fair:
Urban Fiction
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What are pre-teens reading?
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What is Urban Fiction?
Urban Fiction is a popular yet controversial genre especially among young African-American and Hispanic patrons. The genre features characters living in large urban cities that are usually involved in drug dealing, gang violence, and/or prostitution.
http://www.libsuccess.org/Urban_Fiction/
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Make sure your school has a written selection and reconsideration policy that addresses written challenges to books. If you don’t, you’re totally vulnerable.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6632974.html
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Chicago Public SchoolsCollection Development Policy for School Libraries
Found under ‘CPS Board Approves Library Collection Development Policy – Librarian Information’ http://policy.cps.k12.il.us/documents/604.7.pdf
Librarians should make purchasing decisions based ontheir knowledge of the following: Students Communities Collection needs Other criteria set forth in the CPS Collection Development
Policy for School Librarians
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Why Should Library Collections Contain Some Urban Fiction Titles?
Timeless themes such as peer pressure, violence, pregnancy, divorce, drugs and sex appear in the stories.
Students should be exposed to a variety of genres.
Many students can relate to the stories.
Attractive reads for reluctant readers.
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Urban Fiction can reach a population of students that historically have not been serviced in the library.
My Bluford High Boys: How a book club for reluctant readers proved the naysayers wrong
by Sara Stevenson -- School Library Journal, 5/1/2009
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Popular Urban FictionNovels And Series: Middle School
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Popular Urban FictionNovels And Series: High School
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Adult Books that Teens are Reading
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Where can I find more information about
Urban Fiction novels?
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K.C. Boyd, Area Library CoordinatorDepartment of Libraries and Information ServicesChicago Public Schools Email: [email protected]: K.c. Boyd Blog: http://missdomino.blogspot.com/