Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice by Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell

Urban Teens in the Library is the perfect solution for the concerns and uncertainty many librarians face when supporting this group of patrons and students. From a team of experts who have researched the information habits and preferences of urban teens to build better and more effective school and public library programs, this book will [...]

Q&A: Teri Woods (Library Journal)

By Vanessa Morris — Library Journal, 7/15/2009 (posted with permission from LJ)
In 1992 Teri Woods, then a Philadelphia legal secretary and mother, finished her first novel and spent the next six years submitting True to the Game to more than 20 publishers. Undeterred by their rejections, she self-published the novel in 1998 and sold thousands [...]