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The mission of the School Library Media Program is to ensure that:
Ramona N. Kerby
Coordinator of the School Library Media Program
This course presents new and outstanding titles in literature for young adults in grades six through twelve. Topics include authors fiction and nonfiction, literature and other media formats, principles of selection, using literature in the classroom, and reading for pleasure and ifelong learning.
Media Selection for Young Adults (LS 504- 3 credits)
Regular and punctual attendance is expected. Roll will be checked. Dr. Kerby reserves the right to lower any student's semester grade due to poor attendance or excessive lateness.
Required Authors, Books, and Periodicals for Discussion
ALAN: The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents http://english.byu.edu/alan/alan.htm
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents is one of the NCTE's
special-interest groups. Founded in November 1973, ALAN is made up of
teachers, authors, librarians, publishers, teacher-educators and their
students, and others who are particularly interested in the area of young
adult literature. ALAN is self-governing, holds its annual meetings and
creates its program during the NCTE annual convention in November, and
publishes The ALAN Review.
Booklist
http://www.ala.org/booklist/
Welcome to the digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist magazine. For more than 90 years, Booklist has been the librarian's
leading choice for reviews of the latest books and (more recently) electronic media. We also publish a wide variety of feature articles including author
interviews, bibliographies, book-related essays by well-known writers, and a selection of columns.
School Library Journal Online
http://www.bookwire.com/slj/
School Library Journal, the print magazine, and now, School Library Journal Online, the web site, serve librarians who work with young people in school and public libraries. The two publications give librarians indispensable information needed to manage libraries, from creating high-quality
collections to understanding how technology can assist -- or hinder -- learning.
AskERIC InfoGuide: Young Adult Literature
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/InfoGuides/Alphabetical_List_of_InfoGuides/younglit12_96.html
A compendium of sites for the YA Educator. Super Links!
Author Corner
http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/authco/
"The purpose of The Author Corner is to provide a place for students in the middle grades to meet Mid-Atlantic authors and illustrators of children’s books. Our goal is to design web pages that are clearly written, attractively designed, and appropriate for students of these reading levels. As time goes by, we hope to create web pages for more of our favorite authors and illustrators, wherever they may live, as well as to provide links to other author web sites." Mona Kerby, College Professor.
This site is a great collection of authors, book annotations, book reviews, and recommendations for readers and teachers. It includes annotations for all of the ALA sponsored Caldecott and Newbery Awards, as well as, the Margaret A. Edwards Award!
THE AUTHOR PAGE
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/
Contains several great links to information sources, including:
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~orono/main/chlit.html
WOW!! A comprehensive list of sites. Not annotated but great!! Including a link to Booktalks.
Children's Literature Authors & Illustrators
http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/~jbrown/chauth.html
This Jenna Brown site is ecclectic! A variety of Children's Authors' Sites.
Children's Literature Web Guide (Awards)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
The most comprehensive guide to English-language children's book awards on the Internet.
Fairrosa Cyber Library
http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/
The author says "Fairrosa Cyber Library is my personal cyber collection of materials found on the Web related to Children's Literature. This library is not set up for the use by children."
Kay L. Vandergrift's Young Adult Literature
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/yalit.html
An explanation of YA Literature, including many resources for the researcher.
LEARNING ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PAGES
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/author.html
A compendium of site for the serious student of YA Literature. Included in the sites below are children's and young adult authors and illustrators as well as many adult authors commonly read by young adults.
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
http://www.rcs.rang.k12.va.us/SCHOOLS/RCHS/Library/YALIT/YALIT.htm
A small but aggressive set of links to Young Adult Sites including The Author Corner!
VANDERGRIFT'S SELECTED LIST OF VIDEOS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/videos.html
"If reading is image-making, viewing is image-reading. The visual images which saturate the world of young people are a part, often a major part, of the tools they use to reflect upon and interpret their world. Videos are as important as books in confirming, illuminating, or extending the life experiences of those who perceive them." K. Vandergrift (College Professor)
This is Kay's list of videos for Children and youth. It is still being built but it is really great!
Virtual Reference Sites: Youth
http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference-youth.html
An exciting and varied group of web sites for kids and adults.
Web sites for young adults and their librarians
http://members.aol.com/naughyde/clicks01.htm
YOUNG ADULT LIBRARIAN'S HELP/HOMEPAGE
http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/ya/
The Young Adult Librarian's Help/Homepage is designed to gather resources on and off the Web to help librarians serving teens.
Young Adult Literature Library
http://www.uiowa.edu/~english/litcult2097/tlucht/lit-yalib.html
On these pages you will find short summaries and reviews of more than thirty high-quality young-adult novels, which mostly are suitable for use in the
English literature classroom. There are also many other useful resources for teachers, parents and readers alike that hopefully will help a little to promote the teaching of these books.
The Hotsheet
http://www.hotsheet.com
The best one-spot jump-off into the web!
School Library Media Specialist's Emergency Web Site
http://www.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/soslib.html
The purpose of this site is to present resources for the School Library Media Specialist for the performance of their duties and job responsibilities.
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Lots of sites for the young surfer!
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Last update - 1 May, 1998