yalsa institute flip your collection
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For the Young Adult LIbrary Service Association (YALSA) 3.0 Institute at American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, January 15, 2010TRANSCRIPT
FLIP YOUR COLLECTION
YALSA Midwinter Institute 2010
Wendy StephensBuckhorn High SchoolNew Market, [email protected]@wsstephens
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“An affluent 5-year-old has about the same vocabulary as an adult living in poverty.”
School culture
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Weeding triageFirst: Books that use outdated & offensive language
Second: Stripped paperbacks
Old college textbooks
Third: Book club editions of ’50s and ‘60s fiction – most had NEVER circulated
Dated books (Guinness, almanacs, etc.) frombefore the 21st century
2003: Fiction 15.5% of 8.3K copies, average age 1970
2003: Collection Age 1970
2010: Fiction purchased prior to 2003 has an average age of 1981 2010: Fiction 25.4% of 13K copies, average age 1999 2010: Fiction purchased in 2003 and after has an average age of 2002 2010: Collection Age 1991
The Collection: 2003 versus 2010
Student Circulation, 2003 to date
Teens Served, 2003 to 2009
Fiction versus nonfiction circulation, 2008-09
fictionnonfiction
How to get at usage in addition to circulation
My key to professional intellectual freedom
graphic formatother formats
The effect of graphic novels in the collection
graphic checkoutsall other student checkouts
The effect of graphic novels in the collection
Graphic readers
All other readers
graphic materials checkout
checkouts to graphic readers
checkouts to other stu-dents
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Internet = scary!
But cell phones = safe?
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Using their phones to talk about books
Part of your collection?
Part of your collection?
Using social media to extend student experience
11/23/2009
What do we do with teen’s work?
Is including it in the collection “the next big thing?”
The lines between student work and student life are blurring
Sharing coursework via social networks
When teens plan programming
What can we do with teen content?
Student authorship
Student authorship
Our first virtual author visit
Our last virtual author visit
Forms of fanfiction
Expanding your “collection” through fanfic
Writing fan fiction
Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication
Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication
Students building the collection
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When books aren’t the scariest things in the library…
Scenario: 17-year-old boy leaves his cell phone in the library. The screensaver is a nude picture of his
girlfriend.
Scenario: Teen is using another kid's computer login to download illegal videos.
Scenario: After your photoshop workshop, teen uses scanner and software to alter her report card.
Scenario: You discover an online version of a "slam book," with some very ugly comments from teens you
know & like.
Scenario: A teen shows you how to get around the proxy server.
Scenario: A teen uses library hardware to author and print a doctor's excuse, inadvertently leaving behind a copy at
the printer.
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