Course Information
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| Credits | 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs |
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LSSC Elective Competencies: Youth Services
$375.00
Dates: September 1 - October 12Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs
A six week online course on youth services, designed to meet the elective requirement for the Library Support Staff Certification program. This course is designed to give students a broad overview of library services to youth and their caregivers in the library environment. Students will learn about the developmental stages of youth, matching youth and their caregivers to information sources, designing developmentally appropriate library programming and outreach initiatives to address specific community needs, and how to model information-seeking behaviors to youth. This course will get you started in all of these areas, as well as give the specific competencies laid out by the LSSC program.
Course Description
A six week online course on youth services, designed to meet the elective requirement for the Library Support Staff Certification program. This course is designed to give students a broad overview of library services to youth and their caregivers in the library environment. Students will learn about the developmental stages of youth, matching youth and their caregivers to information sources, designing developmentally appropriate library programming and outreach initiatives to address specific community needs, and how to model information-seeking behaviors to youth. This course will get you started in all of these areas, as well as give the specific competencies laid out by the LSSC program.
Erin Downey Howerton
Erin Downey Howerton has been helping people in public libraries of various sizes for over 20 years. Currently, she is the Youth Services manager at the Wichita Public Library, leading teams in their busy downtown urban library and across the system. She holds an MA in English from Kansas State University and an MSLIS in Library and Information Science from Florida State University, with an emphasis in youth services. Erin has reviewed for VOYA, IndiePicks, and Booklist magazines in all areas of children’s, teen, and adult fiction and non-fiction. A member of REFORMA and ALA, Erin’s past professional contributions include serving on the Margaret A. Edwards committee, chairing the Printz Award committee, and chairing the Booklist Editorial Advisory Board.
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Jenn Siegel –
I REALLY enjoyed this class! I’m actually a cataloguer so while this class doesn’t SEEM like it would be applicable to my day-to-day, I learned SO much that actually IS useful. Erin is a fantastic instructor too – she gives useful and encouraging feedback on the homework, and is great at asking questions in response to forum posts that really make you think.
JoJo Fancher –
I found many valuable resources pertaining to catalog diversity in this course. Thank you!