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Library services of young adults : models and concepts
Ivanka Stričević
orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-7619
Srećko Jelušić
Sažetak
Today’s young adults are expected to possess different information and reading literacy competencies then their ancestors. This poses new tasks upon public libraries because young adults are a specific user group with needs and interests that differ from those of children and adults. However, oftentimes public libraries do not pay enough attention to them. This is, in particular, the case in Croatia. Therefore, the authors analyse how those needs and interests can be met and developed within the framework of library services for young adults.
Since Croatian public libraries are just starting to recognize young adults as a specific user group, this work in the first place provides age definiton of this population and its specific characteristics in relation to other user groups and lays emphasis on the importance of special library services for young adults. In order to investigate possible concepts of library services for young adults developed in public libraries worldwide, and to gain basis for the study of these concepts in Croatia, the authors analyse the emergence and development of library services for young adults in those countries which have either the longest tradition in it or have specially marked development of these activities at international level.
Finally, research results are given and conclusions are made about possible concepts of library services for young adults in Croatia, which would meet and develop information needs and reading interests of this user group. On the basis of gained insights the authors discuss models of library services for young adults which represent the basis for introduction of such services in those public libraries which traditionally develop only activities of children’s and adults’ departments. The condition for implementation of library services for young adults’ in Croatian libraries is inclusion of those models into the public libraries standards.
Ključne riječi
library services for young adults; library services for teenagers; history of library services for young adults; public library; library for young adults; library department for young adults; library program for young adults; public library users
Hrčak ID:
81288
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.8.2010.
Posjeta: 3.193 *