For the Young Adult LIbrary Service Association (YALSA) 3.0 Institute at American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, January 15, 2010

1. FLIP YOUR COLLECTION Wendy Stephens Buckhorn High School New Market, Ala. wstephens@madison.k12.al.us @wsstephens http://www.flickr.com/photos/74716406@N00/513049373/ YALSA Midwinter Institute 2010

2. “An affluent 5-year-old has about the same vocabulary as an adult living in poverty.”

4. School culture

10. Weeding triage First: Books that use outdated & offensive language Second: Stripped paperbacks Old college textbooks Third: Book club editions of ’50s and ‘60s fiction – most had NEVER circulated Dated books (Guinness, almanacs, etc.) from before the 21st century http://www.flickr.com/photos/melani0201/2551109997/

12. The Collection: 2003 versus 2010 2003: Fiction 15.5% of 8.3K copies, average age 1970 2003: Collection Age 1970 2010: Fiction purchased prior to 2003 has an average age of 1981 2010: Fiction 25.4% of 13K copies, average age 1999 2010: Fiction purchased in 2003 and after has an average age of 2002 2010: Collection Age 1991

13. Student Circulation, 2003 to date

14. Teens Served, 2003 to 2009

15. Fiction versus nonfiction circulation, 2008-09

16. How to get at usage in addition to circulation

18. My key to professional intellectual freedom

20. The effect of graphic novels in the collection

21. The effect of graphic novels in the collection

22. Internet = scary! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhandersen/3233197658/

24. But cell phones = safe?

25. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellevfisher/2466032965/

27. Using their phones to talk about books

28. Part of your collection?

29. Part of your collection?

30. Using social media to extend student experience

31. What do we do with teen’s work? Is including it in the collection “the next big thing?” 11/23/2009

32. The lines between student work and student life are blurring

33. Sharing coursework via social networks

34. When teens plan programming

35. What can we do with teen content?

36. Student authorship

37. Student authorship

38. Our first virtual author visit

39. Our last virtual author visit

45. Forms of fanfiction

46. Expanding your “collection” through fanfic

47. Writing fan fiction

48. Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

49. Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

50. Students building the collection

51. When books aren’t the scariest things in the library… http://liveoak.jppss.k12.la.us/uploadedImages/Schools/Elementary_Schools/Live_Oak_Manor/School_Images/ComputerLab.jpg

52. Scenario: 17-year-old boy leaves his cell phone in the library. The screensaver is a nude picture of his girlfriend.

53. Scenario: Teen is using another kid's computer login to download illegal videos.

54. Scenario: After your photoshop workshop, teen uses scanner and software to alter her report card.

55. Scenario: You discover an online version of a "slam book," with some very ugly comments from teens you know & like.

56. Scenario: A teen shows you how to get around the proxy server.

57. Scenario: A teen uses library hardware to author and print a doctor's excuse, inadvertently leaving behind a copy at the printer.

58. http://jpty.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/st-bernard.jpg

59. http://www.bundespolizei.de/nn_719704/EN/Home/PoliceAviation/Bilder/oberschleissheim__berge,property=poster.jpg