Table of Contents

Winter 2008

From the Editor

Valerie Ott

From the President

Paula Brehm-Heeger

YALSA Perspective


Margaret Edwards Award Turns 20


Betty Carter and Pam Spencer Holley

School Library Perspective


Do We Still Dewey?


Christine Allen

Teen Perspective


Teens’ Top Ten Redux: Readers from New Jersey Talk about the Winning Books of 2007


Kimberly Paone

Author Perspective


Great Strength to Those Who Read: An Interview with Kimberly Newton Fusco


Dominique McCafferty

Best Practices


Noise @ the library®!


Deimosa Webber-Bey

Hot Spot: Teen Tech Week


Partnerships for Teen Tech Week


Stephanie Iser

Information Tools: Using Blogs, RSS, and Wikis As Professional Resources


Beth Saxton

From Platforms to Books? I’m Game


Rollie Welch

Music Web Sites for Teen Tech Week and Beyond


Kate Pritchard and Jaina Lewis

Top Fifty Gaming Core Collection Titles


Compiled by Kelly Czarnecki

Literature Surveys and Research


Information Literacy As a Department Store: Applications for Public Teen Librarians


Dr. Donna L. Gilton

Professional Resources

Guidelines for Authors

Index to Advertisers

The YALSA Update