NEAL-SCHUMAN PUBLISHES NEW CORE COLLECTION FOR YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Thursday, Oct 28 2010
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Major authoritative collection development tool now available
November 1, 2010 (New York, NY) — Neal-Schuman published the field’s very first recommended core collection for young adults in 2003. The second edition of this authoritative collection development tool, A Core Collection for Young Adults, Second Edition, will be published on January 20, 2011, and will help librarians build the very best collections possible for teen readers.
Noted YA librarian, reviewer, and book-award judge, Rollie James Welch, has created this unique resource around the principle that teens look for books with which they can identify. He has compiled thirteen annotated lists covering 900 titles, using recommendations from YALSA committees, book lists from young adult librarians, professional journals, bestseller lists, and records of libraries’ most-requested titles.
Categories include adventure tales, cautionary novels, classical literature, coming-of-age stories, fantasy novels, graphic novels, historical fiction, humorous novels, inspirational fiction, problem novels, readable nonfiction, romance novels, and science fiction. Each section begins with a description of the genre and selection criteria. Every entry includes an annotation with a plot and character summary, recommended reading level, content advisory, bibliographic information, and review sources. Appendices list the winners of major young-adult book awards. Additionally, a companion CD-ROM offers the lists of titles in several formats, including Excel and Word, to facilitate title selection and collection maintenance.
Timely and thorough, A Core Collection for Young Adults, Second Edition provides the firmest of foundations for keeping young adult book collections up-to-date, or develop opening-day collections.
A Core Collection for Young Adults, Second Edition
ISBN 978-1-55570-692-0.
2010. 6 x 9. 440 pp. Book and CD-ROM $75.00.
About the Author
Rollie James Welch has thirty years of library experience, mostly working directly with young adults. He has served on several YALSA book selection committees: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Best Books for Young Adults, and the Michael L. Printz Award. Rollie is a reviewer for The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Library Journal and co-authors a column for VOYA called Man Up! Give his current job position?
About Neal-Schuman Publishers
Neal-Schuman Publishers is a leading publisher of professional books for librarians, archivists and knowledge managers. Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City, with offices in London, UK.
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