Managing Library Services for Children and Young People A Practical Handbook

This practical guide examines the business of providing a library service for young people. Answering a need for a hands-on manual for the practitioner in this sector, the book reflects the variety of work in the field. Using practical examples, it combines strategy with action and aims to provide service managers with a manual of service elements. It addresses the details of service specification, business plans, targets, profiles and strategies and also introduces the concept of benchmarking in young people's library services.;Addressing the needs of children and their practical implementation, the contents include: specifications, business plans, targets and profiles; marketing, IT, stock, integration, community focus, budgeting, training; client groups, geographic issues, needs and disabilities, the Internet, publishing; and delivery and stock, users and non-users' activities. The book is aimed at senior managers, school librarians, governors and teachers and all those concerned with the provision of library services for young people.