{"id":291,"date":"2017-04-26T03:37:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T03:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/lis\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:57:01","slug":"youthservices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/websites\/youthservices\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/websites\/youthservices\/#youth\">Youth Services Librarianship<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/websites\/youthservices\/#children\">Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/websites\/youthservices\/#storytelling\">Storytelling<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"youth\">Youth Services Librarianship<\/h2>\n<p>Information on working with children and teens.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A division of the American Library Association.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association for Library Service to Children<\/a> A division of the American Library Association.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Directory of organizations with which the Association for Library Service to Children maintains formal liaison relationships. Their websites are sources for information about the needs and experiences of children and teens.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/aboutalsc\/external-relationships\/organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Organizations Serving Children and Youth<\/a> Directory of organizations with which the Association for Library Service to Children maintains formal liaison relationships. Their websites are sources for information about the needs and experiences of children and teens.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A discussion list for young adult and children's librarians.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pubyac.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PUBYAC<\/a> A discussion list for young adult and children&#8217;s librarians.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A division of the American Library Association.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/yalsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Adult Library Services Association<\/a> A division of the American Library Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"children\">Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature<\/h2>\n<p>Learn about youth literature, children&#8217;s\u00a0book authors, storytelling, and more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The website for GSLIS's children's literature research collection points to many digital and print resources for librarians, students, and storytellers.\" href=\"http:\/\/ccb.ischool.illinois.edu\/\">Center for Children&#8217;s Books<\/a> The website for the iSchool&#8217;s children&#8217;s literature research collection points to many digital and print resources for librarians, students, and storytellers.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Includes the full text of more than 200,000 reviews of children\u2019s books, drawn from 33 review sources, along with more than 1.2 million MARC bibliographic records. Also offers themed reviews, links to authors\u2019 websites, book award information, and much more.\" href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/enterprise.clcd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children\u2019s Literature Comprehensive Database<\/a> Includes the full text of more than 200,000 reviews of children\u2019s books, drawn from 33 review sources, along with more than 1.2 million MARC bibliographic records. Also offers themed reviews, links to authors\u2019 websites, book award information, and much more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Children%27s_literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portal:Children&#8217;s literature &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The website for the University Library's children's literature collection includes links to many resources at the UI and beyond, organized by topic.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/s-coll\/index.htm\">School Collection: Children&#8217;s Literature at the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library<\/a> The website for the University Library&#8217;s children&#8217;s literature collection includes links to many resources at the UI and beyond, organized by topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"storytelling\">Storytelling<\/h2>\n<p>Learn about methods and traditions of storytelling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storycenter.org\">StoryCenter<\/a> &#8220;An international nonprofit training, project development, and research organization that assists youth and adults around the world in using digital media tools to craft and record meaningful stories from their lives and share these stories in ways that enable learning, build community, and inspire justice.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A LibGuide created by the UI Literatures and Languages Library.\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/c.php?g=347617&amp;p=2344424\">Folk and Fairy Tales: a Guide to Print Resources<\/a> A LibGuide created by the UI Literatures and Languages Library.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Site maintained by D. L. Ashliman. Indexes and links to hundreds of folktales online.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/~dash\/folktexts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts<\/a> Site maintained by D. L. Ashliman. Indexes and links to hundreds of folktales online.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Includes a directory of storytellers in Illinois and a calendar of events.\" href=\"https:\/\/storytelling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Illinois Storytelling, Inc.<\/a> Includes a directory of storytellers in Illinois and a calendar of events.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Host site for the annual National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellingcenter.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Storytelling Center<\/a> Host site for the annual National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Directory of storytellers, links to resources, calender, and much more.\" href=\"https:\/\/storynet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Storytelling Network<\/a> Directory of storytellers, links to resources, calender, and much more.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Site maintained by storyteller Heather Forest. Includes a story library, lesson plans, resource links and more.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.storyarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Story Arts Online<\/a> Site maintained by storyteller Heather Forest. Includes a story library, lesson plans, resource links and more<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"By Kendall F. Haven\" href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99460026912205899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\">Super Simple Storytelling<\/a> By Kendall F. Haven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth Services Librarianship | Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature | Storytelling Youth Services Librarianship Information on working with children and teens. Association for Library Service to Children A division of the American Library Association. 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