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Braun, Linda W.

Risky Business : Taking and Managing Risks in Library Services for Teens. - 1 online resource (131 pages)

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Risky Theme -- 1. The What and Why of Risk Taking in Teen Services -- 2. Risk-Worthy Collections -- 3. Risk-Worthy Collections: What Authors Have to Say -- 4. Risks in Programming: A Necessity -- 5. Technology: A Risk Worth Taking -- 6. Selling Risk to Administration and Colleagues -- 7. Risky Career Moves -- 8. Teens as Risky Role Models -- Appendixes -- A Meet the Risk Takers -- B Risky Decision Making: Assessing Risk Readiness -- C Risky Decision Making: Is This a Risk Worth Taking? -- D Forty Developmental Assets for Adolescents Ages Twelve to Eighteen -- E Resources That Support Smart Risk Taking -- F YALSA White Papers -- G Young Adults Deserve the Best: YALSA's Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth -- Index.

YA service innovators Linda W. Braun, Hillias J. Martin, and Connie Urquhart explain how to be smart about taking risks without shying away from them.

ISBN: 9780838990377

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Libraries and teenagers -- United States.
Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.
Young adult services librarians -- United States.
Young adults' libraries -- Activity programs.
Young adults' libraries -- Collection development.
Young adults' libraries -- Information technology.
Young adults' libraries -- United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Z

Dewey Class. No.: 027.62/6