Author Question: At the same time that the increased population of teenagers places more demands on library services, ... (Read 42 times)

bobbie · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

At the same time that the increased population of teenagers places more demands on library services, public librarians are facing the tremendous task of:

a. cataloging an increasing number of books, with decreased staff and financial resources.
b. deciding whether to purchase fiction or nonfiction for young adults and for curricular integration.
c. integrating technology and information literacy into their programs while they maintain and expand other types of resources and programs.
d. debating the pros and cons of using young adult literature in the middle and secondary school curriculum.

Question 2

Although public libraries want adolescents to feel welcome in the library, to be part of the community, to obtain leadership skills, to be culturally aware, and to be advocates for the library, the trickiest challenge for most public librarians is to:

a. learn the difference between efferent and aesthetic readingonly then can students realize the purposes of required reading.
b. integrate young adult literature into the curriculum because most books simply do not fit into the instructional units.
c. get adolescents to use public libraries and to see what they have to offer
d. agreeing on books that should be on a required reading list.