Concurrent Sessions
Event Title
No Place Like Home: Building a Better Collection for Homeless and Impoverished
Location
Cochran Center 218A
Start Date
11-4-2012 10:00 AM
End Date
11-4-2012 10:45 AM
Description
Economic factors over the past several years have consigned an ever-increasing number of children to homelessness and poverty while changing political and social attitudes have even further marginalized this growing demographic. The library is one place where these children can seek out authentic and compassionate portrayals of people like themselves, provided their library has these titles in its collection. This workshop will familiarize public librarians, school media specialists and teachers with the best books on homelessness, teach them what to look for in new titles, and suggest some ways to connect these books with the young readers who most need them.
No Place Like Home: Building a Better Collection for Homeless and Impoverished
Cochran Center 218A
Economic factors over the past several years have consigned an ever-increasing number of children to homelessness and poverty while changing political and social attitudes have even further marginalized this growing demographic. The library is one place where these children can seek out authentic and compassionate portrayals of people like themselves, provided their library has these titles in its collection. This workshop will familiarize public librarians, school media specialists and teachers with the best books on homelessness, teach them what to look for in new titles, and suggest some ways to connect these books with the young readers who most need them.
