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YA Strike Zone August 2016
Born or Made Anthony Bernier Pop quiz: Which statement is more true: Successful YA librarians are more born or more made? Hint: this question asks for acknowledgment of a priority. Some say, “Of...
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YA Strike Zone October 2016
Flaming Youth has Become a Flaming Question Anthony Bernier In the spring of 1936, in the jaws of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt addressed the Young Democratic Club of Baltimore,...
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YA Strike Zone December 2016
YALSA’s Cynical Heart: Reproducing the Adultist Agenda Anthony Bernier American Library Association’s (ALA) recent dog-piling on young people for their incapacity to discern “fake news” got me...
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YA Strike Zone February 2017
Reviving “Rubin” Anthony Bernier At a time when many make self-satisfied gestures at the notion of “alternative facts” that it looks like we’ll be living with for the next four years, I’d like to point...
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YA Strike Zone April 2017
No Safe Space Haven in a Public World Anthony Bernier Few clichés promise to do more damage to libraries than claiming to be “safe spaces.” Libraries are not safe spaces. At the very least, such a...
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YA Strike Zone June 2017
YA Activism: Thunder from the Left (and the Right) Anthony Bernier What is it going to take? How much more time must pass before libraries realize that young adults don’t need any “youth development”...
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YA Strike Zone August 2017
Beyond the Celebrations The disturbing things LIS students find out about real YA programming and professionals’ ethical obligation to improve YA experience Anthony Bernier It becomes more difficult...
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YA Strike Zone October 2017
“Members” Now: Citizens Later? Anthony Bernier America does not appear in the mood to broaden its notion of “citizenship” for the next while. This fight doesn’t end here, of course, but the current...
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YA Strike Zone December 2017
The “Secret Sauce” of a YA Professional: The Job Description Anthony Bernier Are you curious if there’s a “secret sauce” for becoming a successful YA professional? Shouldn’t you be? If there is a...
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YA Strike Zone February 2018
The Damaging Myth of “Teen Behavior” Anthony Bernier There is no such thing as “teen behavior.” Using that term is peddling a library–specific version of “fake news.” In our current “me too” moment,...
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