LIBR 262 Assignments Course Outline Week 1 Child Lit. Week 2 YA Lit. Hist. Week 3 Trash (Pop Culture) Week 4 Personal Week 5 History Week 6 Biography Week 7 Science Week 8 SciFi/Fantacy Week 9 Culture Week 10 Multicultural Week 11 Adult Stuff Week 12 Modern World Week 13 Reference

LIBR 262 - RESOURCES FOR YOUNG ADULTS Fall, 2006 David V. Loertscher GREEN SHEET If there are discrepancies, the Greensheet on SLISWEB takes precedence. Important Note to all students taking this course Fall 2006: The communication part of this course will be conducted on a distance education program titled Blackboard. You must register (no fee) before August 20, 2006. If you already have an account for Blackboard, then enroll in this course. If not, have Dale David set you up an account and then you can enroll. Also, be sure you are on SLISADMIN so you can get all official messages from the School. Here are the directions: We use an electronic list to keep you informed about important school information. All students are required to be on the list; it is called slisadmin. To join: (1) Go into your email program and in the To: box enter listproc@listproc.sjsu.edu (2) Leave the subject line blank. (3) In the body of the message write subscribe slisadmin yourfirstname yourlastname. For exampe: subscribe slisadmin Linda Main. (4) send the message. You should receive a confirmation that you are subscribed. Please note: You cannot post to this list. It is merely a way for the faculty and the staff to distribute school-related information. For more information on all the school's electronic lists, please check out: http://witloof.sjsu.edu/comps/lists.htm   You must also be a member of MySJSU and check your email from that account.   Fullerton-Based Students: (Saturdays) Aug. 26 San Jose Campus, Clarke Library, 2-5pm Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2 - same time, same place Course Description Materials for adolescents and preadolescents and methods for incorporating these materials into library planning. Collection development, needs assessment, and programming will be featured. Information services for young adults in a variety of settings will also be addressed. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course, the student will have: built a repertoire of the world of literature and curricular materials in a wide variety of genres and across the media of interest and use to young adults; the tool skills needed to access the entire spectrum of materials for young adults whether in the print, visual, audio, or digital worlds and across the technologies. learned the techniques of building a wide repertoire of media, materials, and information for young adults; built a specialty area (become a mini-expert)(w1yhtml) in at least one topical area or genre of use in the world of the young adult; Contributed to the online textbook project. developed a critical sense of quality in a sea of mediocre materials and information technologies; created a repertoire of techniques for working with the teenager in the first decade of this millennium both as an information seeker, a consumer of media and materials, and as an individual. started on the road to becoming a materials expert who has the capability of working with adults serving young adults in educational and recreational environments. Textbooks (please order your own from Amazon.com or your favorite book dealer) Required: Harlan, Mary ann, David V. Loertscher and Sharron McElmeel. Teen Literature and Multimedia: A Quick Guide. 2nd ed. Hi Willow, 2006 (available from the instructor) This textbook has four supplemental sources: The wiki: YA Reviews at http://seedwiki.com The wiki: YA Literature and Multimedia at http://seedwiki.com Supplements to the textbook at: http://www.lmcsource.com under freebies and then under book extensions McElmeel, Sharon. Best Teen Reads for 207. Hi Willow (may not be ready until near semester end) Access to a wide variety of materials and technologies of use to the young adult whether through purchase or through collections designed to serve young adults. Numerous titles will be assigned throughout the course and should be read, viewed, listened to, or encountered in preparation for classroom discussion. This includes access to the professional literature about the world of media for young adults and young adult services in schools and public libraries. Recommended: • Because of the expense considerations, the following text is recommended but not required: Donelson, Kenneth L. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Literature for Today's Young Adults. 7th ed. Pearson Education Inc., 2005. Aprox. $93. • Jones, Patrick. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries. 3rd ed. Neal-Schuman, 2004. Patrick's new edition is chuck full of tips, ideas, lists, and conversations of value in building young adult service programs in public libraries. See also his web page that accompanies the book at: http://members.aol.com/naughyde/connecting/index.htm  • York, Sherry. Children's and Young Adult Literature by Latino Writers: A Guide for Libraians, Teachers, Parents, and Students. Linworth, 2002, $36. Walter, Virginia A. and Elaine Meyers. Teens & Libraries: Getting It Right. ALA, 2003. Other professional titles for school and public librarians are reviewed by the instructor in Teacher Librarian and can be found on their web site. Office Hours Loertscher: For Fall 2006, Dr. Loertscher will be at his home: 312 South 1000 East, Salt Lake City UT 84102, tel. 801-532-1165 or cell phone 801-755-1122. You are welcome to reach me particularly in early morning or late evening. If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangement in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.   Grading: Check the Blackboard Assignment Manager for the points on the individual assignments and attendance. For other pertinet information about this class, see the official greensheet on slisweb.sjsu.edu

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