From Boardbook to Facebook: Children's Services in an Interactive Age

by Adele M. Fasick

Discover new approaches for extending children's library services beyond the library building and learn how to utilize technology to bring learning to children wherever they may be.

The ways in which we communicate, learn, and interact have changed drastically in the last decade, and this worldwide revolution applies to the youngest members of society as well. Today's books and learning materials are being presented and used in new and different ways. From the toddler's first boardbooks to the young teen's conversations on Facebook, children are interacting with print and media rather than passively listening or viewing. Libraries can contribute to this interactive world by inviting children to take an active role in their library collection and library service experiences.

This book examines the impact of new technologies on children's experiences of books and libraries, and demonstrates how librarians can adapt to new technologies and integrate library services into the lives of today's children. From Boardbook to Children's Services in an Interactive Age draws on current research to illuminate how children's use of media has changed in recent years and suggests ways in which new technologies can be integrated into library services now and in the future.

Genres: Nonfiction

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Katrina Dombrowsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part, this book was pretty average, with most chapters including information that is fairly common sense. Some of the information felt biased or incomplete to me, and the author often made generalizations. However, I did appreciate chapter 5: Changing Literacies for the 21st Century and chapter 10: Making Change Happen. Those two chapters were the most enlightening and informative for me.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this book has some good things to say, much of what it says comes out in black and white terms. It also has so many grammatical errors that it shouldn't have been printed. Like Twilight. Seriously people! Get editors!

[Beth · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was beyond painful. Any librarian who has that little idea of what's going on in the "interactive age" doesn't belong in a library.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for those new to the field.

[Disaster!]

i wish this book had a nervous system and was capable of feeling pain.