ALIA Children's and Youth Services (NSW)

CYS Toolkit:

Linking cool people with great ideas

Professional associations:

• ALIA Children's and Youth Services NSW QLD.
• ALA Young Adult Library Services Association USA.
• ALA Association for Library Service to ChildrenUSA.
• CILIP Youth Libraries Group UK.
• IBBY Australia

Australian professional journals:

• Magpies: Talking About Books for Children.
• Reading Time.
• SCAN.
• The Literature Base.

Readers advisory tools:

• Children's Picturebook Database at Miami University.
• Children's and Young Adult Literature Reviews by staff and students of La Trobe University, Bendigo.
• Inside a Dog.

Children's literature awards:

• CBC.
• KOALA (NSW).
• YABBA (VIC).
• WAYRBA (WA)
• Cool (ACT).
• KROC (NT).
• KANGAS (SA).
• BILBY (QLD).
• ALA Children's Book Awards (USA).
• Nestlé Children's Book Prize (UK).
• Australian Children's Laureate

Emerging literacy:

• Talk to your baby (UK).
• Born To Read.
• Celano, D. The Role of Public Libraries in Children's Literacy Development: An Evaluation Report.

Lapsit & storytime programs:

• Ernst, L. Lapsit Services for the Very Young II: a How-To-Do-It-Manual. Neal-Schuman, 2001.
• Marino, J. Babies in the Library! Scarecrow Press, 2003. 0-8108-4576-8
• Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library.
• Little Big Book Club.
• Bauer, C. New Handbook for Storytellers ALA Editions, 1993. 0-838-90664-8.

Storytelling:

• Cullum, C. N. The Storytime Sourcebook: A Compendium of Ideas and Resources for Storytellers Neal Schuman, 1999. 1-55570-360-7.
• Pellowski, A. The Storytelling Handbook Simon & Schuster, 1995. 0-689-80311-7.
• Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers.

Young Adults

• Search Institute - 40 Developmental Assets.
• Jones, P., Gorman, M. and Suellentrop, T. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries 3rd ed.
• Neal-Schuman, 2004 1-55570-508-1.
• Jones, P. and YALSA New Directions in Library Services to Young Adults ALA, 2002. 0-8389-0827-6.

Booktalking:

• Schall, L. Booktalks and More: Motivating Teens to Read Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 1-56308-982-3
• Nancy Keane's Booktalks Quick and Simple
• The Booktalker

Readers Theatre:

• Robertson, M and Posten-Anderson, B Readers Theatre: a practical guide Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. 0-340-38307-0.
• Shepard, Aaron. Reader's Theatre: Tips on Staging.

Graphic novels:

• Gorman, M. Getting Graphic: Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens. Linworth Publishing 2003. 1-58683-089-9
• No Flying, No Tights
• Sidekicks
• The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga

Social networking [blogs, Myspace, wikis, flickr etc.]:

• Creative Commons Licensing.
• Teens & Social Networking in School & Public Libraries: A Toolkit for Librarians & Library Workers.

Computer games in libraries:

• Levine, J. Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services Library Technology Reports. V 42, N5
• Gaming wiki

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