Young Adults Deserve the Best: Yalsa's Competencies in Action

As high school enrollment continues to rise, the need for effective librarianship serving young adults is greater than ever before. "Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth,"
developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is a document outlining eight areas of focus for providing quality library service in collaboration with teenagers. In this book, Flowers identifies and expands on these competency areas. This useful work includes
• Anecdotes and success stories from the field
• Guidelines that can be used to create evaluation instruments, determine staffing needs, and develop job descriptions
• Additional professional resources following each chapter that will help librarians turn theory into practice
The first book to thoroughly expand on this important document, Young Adults Deserve the Best is a key foundational tool not only for librarians but also for young adult specialists, youth advocacy professionals,
and school administrators.