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Youth Services Librarian in a Public Library
Practice Settings and Primary Responsibilities
Youth Services Librarians in Public Libraries are employed in Children’s and Young Adults Services Divisions in public libraries throughout the country providing a wide variety of activities including:
Reference Services; Collection Development for Children’s and Young Adult Materials; Bibliographic Instruction; Literacy Promotion; Reader Advisory Services; Story Hours; Community Outreach; Technology Training; School Collaboration; Programming for Children and Teens; Summer Reading Programs; Book Discussion Groups
Required CLIS Core Courses 12 credits
The following four core courses must be completed within the first six courses taken.
Course Number Course Title
LBSC 601 Information Use
LBSC 650 Information Access
LBSC 670 Information Structure
LBSC 690 Information Technology
Additional Required CLIS Course 3 credits
LBSC 635 Management and Administration for the Information Professional
Recommended CLIS Electives 0 – 12 credits
Students should consult with their advisors to select electives that best support individual intellectual interests and career goals. The electives listed here are not meant to represent the complete listing of all relevant courses that a student may take within CLIS, at other units on campus, or as part of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. In addition, the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium may offer CLIS-approved courses that are relevant. The URL is http://www.wiseeducation.org/home_p-home.aspx, user name: md-student, password: test.
LBSC
Course Number Course Title
LBSC 645 Literature for Children
LBSC 646 Literature for Young Adults
LBSC 647 Children’s Services in Public Libraries
LBSC 707 Field Study in Library Service
LBSC 724 Public Library Seminar
LBSC 745 Storytelling
Additional CLIS Electives 9 – 21 credits
LBSC
Course Number Course Title
LBSC 621 Library Service to the Disadvantaged
LBSC 625 Information Policy
LBSC 709 Independent Study
LBSC 713 Planning and Evaluating Library Services
LBSC 723 Libraries and Information Services in the Social Process
LBSC 725 Library Services for Client Groups with Disabilities
LBSC 735 Legal Issues in Managing Information
LBSC 736 Designing Information Services and Products
LBSC 748 Advanced Seminar in Children’s Literature
LBSC 750 Information Access in Electronic Environments
LBSC 751, 752, Information Access in the Humanities, Arts,
753, 756, etc. Social Sciences, Science and Technology, etc.
LBSC 783 Seminar in Technical Services
Professional Associations
American Library Association
Association for Library Service to Children
Public Library Association
Young Adult Library Services Association
Regional:
Maryland Library Association
Virginia Library Association
And other state and regional library associations
Scholarships/Interest Free Loans
General Scholarships:
ALA General Scholarships:
Marshall Cavendish Scholarship
David H. Clift Scholarship
Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship
Diversity Scholarships:
ALA Spectrum Scholarship
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Century Scholarship
Scholarships in Children’s and Youth Services Librarianship:
ALA Scholarship for Library Youth Services
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Scholarships:
The Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship
The Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship
Noyes Library Association Scholarship (CLIS)
Key Geographic Areas for Employment
Youth Services Librarians in Public Libraries are needed throughout all regions of the U.S.
Specialized Placement Services:
Maryland Library Association Jobline
Virginia Library Association Jobline
American Libraries, the Magazine of the American Library Association, “Career Leads”
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