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Young Adult Library Services Volume 5, Number 1

Table of Contents

Fall 2006

 

FROM THE EDITOR
Valerie A. Ott

 

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Judy Nelson

 

 
Professional Perspectives  

YALSA’s Advocacy Task Force
Rollie Welch (Testimonies collected by Charli Osborne)

 

Defending Intellectual Freedom
Barb Conkin

 

Teen Perspective

 

Teens’ Recommendations for Reluctant Readers  
Jessica Mize

 

 

Author Perspective

 

A Real Princess: An Interview with Meg Cabot
Paula Brehm-Heeger

 

 
Best Practices 

Reader’s Advisory by Proxy: Connecting Teens and Books through Positive Interactions with Parents and Caregivers
Heather Booth

 

 

Hot Spot:  Reader's Advisory

 

Street Lit: Emptying Teen Fiction Bookshelves in Philadelphia Public Libraries
Vanessa J. Morris, Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Denise E. Agosto, and Darren Cottman 

 

 

A Closer Look at Bibliotherapy
Jami Jones

 

 

The Power of Information: Creating a YA Nonfiction Collection
Karen M. Smith

 

 

Bridging the Gap
Proactive Approaches for Adults Working with Teens
Kimberly Bolan

 

 

Books that Help, Books that Heal:  Dealing with Controversy in Young Adult Literature
Joni Bodart

 

 

Teen Book Discussions Go Online
Cathy Rettberg

 

 

What I Have Learned from Teens on Teenreads.com
Carol Fitzgerald from Teenreads.com

 

 

FAQ Answered by the YA Galley Committee
Edith Cummings, Tracey Firestone, and Diane Monnier

 

Literature Surveys and Research

 

The Borderland Age and Borderline Books: The Early Practice of Youth Reader’s Advisory
Jennifer Burek Pierce

 

 
Professional Resource Reviews 
THE UPDATE  
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS  

 

 
View the table of contents for Young Adult Library Services volume 4, number 3.