ILS 521: Children’s Services in the Public Library
Spring 2011
Professor Arlene Bielefield
Course Description:
Planning, implementation and evaluation of public library services for infant to age 12, with emphasis on program planning.
Course Objectives:
Sample of Class Assignments:
Community Analysis
Course Description:
Planning, implementation and evaluation of public library services for infant to age 12, with emphasis on program planning.
Course Objectives:
- Recognize the effects of societal developments on the needs of children.
- Assess the community to identify community needs, tastes, and resources.
- Identify the needs of parents, care givers, and other adults who use the resources of the children's department.
- Identify other agencies, institutions, and organizations serving children in the community.
- Analyze the costs of library services to children in order to develop, justify, administer/manage, and evaluate a budget.
- Define the needs of children so that administrators, other library staff, and members of the larger community understand the basis for children's services.
- Design and evaluate programs for children of all ages, based on their developmental needs and interests and the goals of the library.
- Present a variety of programs.
- Identify skilled personnel that can present a variety of programs.
- Design outreach programs commensurate with community needs and library goals and objectives.
- Interact with other agencies in the community serving children, including other libraries and library systems.
- Develop cooperative programs between the public library, schools, and other community agencies.
- Design a plan to extend library services to children and groups of children presently un-served.
- Identify current trends and emerging technologies, issues, and research in librarianship, child development, education, and allied fields.
- Identify professional organizations to strengthen skills, interact with fellow professionals, and contribute to the profession.
Sample of Class Assignments:
Community Analysis