Information & Library Science Department ILS 512 outline

ILS 512

Materials Services for Young Adults

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The needs, interests, and motivation of young people as related to reading are examined through a critical study of resources suitable for teens.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Student will:

1.     Analyze types of current material for adolescents using accepted standards of criticism and evaluation.

2.     Discuss the reviewing media, bibliographic tools and sources of materials with particular emphasis on scope, authority, accuracy and inclusiveness.

3.     Read and review a large variety of current materials for adolescents for self-knowledge and use with adolescents.

4.     Display some knowledge of programming for adolescents in different types of libraries and for special types of adolescents.

5.     Articulate a collection building philosophy and policy for various types of libraries for adolescents and for various groups of  adolescents.

TEXTBOOK 

Literature for Today's Young Adults by Kenneth L. Donelson and Aleen Pace Nilsen, current edition

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Unit 1: Introduction and Overview

Unit 2: History; Adolescents and their Reading
A.     What do adolescence like to read
B.     What did they read before the current wave of YA literature
C.     What are we competing with  (sports, online, etc)
Read Chapters 1 and 2 in text

Unit 3: Awards
A.     Development of adolescent awards
B.     The awards and their meaning
a.     Printz
b.     Alex Award
c.     Margaret Edwards Award
d.     Connecticut teen Nutmeg Awards
Read
╖     Robert Cormier book
╖     Chris Crutcher book
╖     Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
╖     Current Printz Award winner
╖     1 Current Prinz Honor book
╖     2 Current Alex Award winners
╖     Current Margaret Edwards award winner book

Unit 4: Selection Tools
A.     Standard tools for evaluating and selecting YA materials
B.     Teen advisory committees
Read Chapter 10 in text
Assignment: Selection tools chart

Unit 5: Realism and historical fiction
A.     Realistic fiction for YAs
B.     Historical fiction for YAs
Read Chapter 4 in text
Read 3 YA novels in the realism genre
Read 3 YA novels in the historical fiction genre

Unit 6: Romance, Adventure, and Mystery
A.     Romance for YAs
B.     Adventure
C.     Mystery
Read: Chapters 5 and 6 in text
Read 3 YA novels of this genre
Unit 7: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Graphic Novels
A.     Fantasy
B.     Science fiction
C.     Graphic novels
a.     Japanese influence
b.     Current trends
c.     Current popular authors
Read Chapter 7 in text
Read 3 YA books in fantasy, science fiction genre
Read 3 YA graphic novels
Unit 8: Biography/Autobiography and Non-fiction
A.     Biographies
B.     Autobiographies
C.     Non-fiction
Read Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 through page 297
Read 3 biographies written for YAs
Also, go on the internet and find information there about the same people who were the subjects of your biographies. Do a compare and contrast of the information given. Be sure the internet sites are age appropriate, you want the books and the sites to be as close as possible for the target audience.

Unit 9: Poetry and Short Stories
A.     Poetry
B.     Short stories
Read pages 297 - 307 in text
3 collections of poetry
1 collection of short stories

Unit 10: CensorshipA.     History - Robert Cormier's influence
B.     Current trends
C.     Internet safety
Read Chapter 12 in text

Unit 11: Programming
A discussion on program planning and ideas 

 

Approved by the ILS Department Curriculum Committee and Faculty, Spring 2009.