Make Your Teen Collection Awesome Angie Manfredi, Los Alamos County Library System

The Basics

• www.delicious.com/collection_development_resources

• http://nmcollectiondevelopmentresources.wikispaces.com/

• fatgirlreading@gmail.com

• www.fatgirlreading.com

Why Collection Development?

• It’s easy to let collection development become a lower priority.

• It’s even easier to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume!

But . . .

• Our collections should reflect the communities we serve.

• Engaging and popular collections can– boost our statistics– change our demographics– re-shape the way the public perceives us.

• “You have such cool stuff!!”

Prove it!

• Teen circulation for 2007

11,136 / 2,979

• Teen circulation for 2009

21,646 / 5,654

How did this happen?

• Aggressive weeding.

• Remove your judgment (and preferences!) from the process.

• Draw a firm line between “children” and “teen” sections.

• TAKE CHANCES.

• Finding teenagers and . . .

• asking them!

Disclaimers!

• Could never be comprehensive.

• Current BIG trends … but there’s always something new coming!

• First-hand experience.

• MORE IS BETTER, so get ready.

• LET’S DO THIS THING . . .

The Ten Manga Series You MUST Have

• Deathnote by Tsugumi Ohba (12 volumes) • Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP (12

volumes)• Dragonball by Akira Toriyama (42

volumes)• Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (51 volumes,

ongoing)• Bleach by Tite Kubo (44 volumes)

The Ten Manga Series You MUST Have

• D.N. Angel by Yukiru Sugisaki (13 volumes)• Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (25

volumes, ongoing)• One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (57 volumes,

ongoing)• Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya (23 volumes)

• Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki (28 volumes)

Shojo Hits• Kitchen Princess by Miyuki Kobayashi (10

volumes)• Absolute Boyfriend by Yuu Watase (6 volumes)• The Sand Chronicles by Hinako Ashihara (10

volumes)• Guru Guru Pon-Chan by Satomi Ikezawa (9

volumes)• Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino (13 volumes)• Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori

(15 volumes)

51 AND ONGOING?!

• Fairy Cube by Kaori Yuki (3 volumes)

• Phantom Dream by Natsuki Takaya (5 volumes)

• Buso Renkin by Nobuhiro Watsuki (10 volumes)

• Psychic Power Nanaki by Ryo Saenagi (3 volumes)

For Your More Mature Readers• Alive: The Final Evolution by Tadashi

Kawashima (21 volumes)• Uzumaki by Junji Ito (3 volumes)• Afterschool Charisma by Kumiko Suekane

(4 volumes, ongoing)• Trinity Blood by Sunao Yoshida (12

volumes)• Kashimashi by Satoru Akahori (5 volumes)• Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga (4

volumes)

Manhwa

• Goong by Park So-hee (18 volumes, ongoing)

• Sugarholic by Gong GooGoo (5 volumes)

• Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo by Park KangHo (5 volumes)

• Magical J x R by Lee Sun-Young (4 volumes)

Wings are the new Vampires

• Fallen by Lauren Kate

• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

• Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

• Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

Zombies are the new vampires

• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

• Z by Michael Thomas Ford

• The Enemy by Charlie Higson

• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

• Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

• You Are SO Undead to Me by Stacey Jay

Fairies are the new vampires

• Need by Carrie Jones

• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

• Blackbringer by Laini Taylor

• The Hunter’s Moon by O.R. Melling

• Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

• Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

Vampires are the new Vampires• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead• Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz• Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey• Bite Me by Melissa Francis• Vamped by Lucienne Diver• Night Runner by Max Turner• Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi• Jessica’s Guide to Dating on

the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

MORE SUPERNATURAL!• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater• Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready• Beautiful Creatures by by Kami Garcia and

Margaret Stohl• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins • The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting• Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey• Intertwined by Gena Showalter• Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Fighting the Supernatural• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

• Slayed by Amanda Marrone

• The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver

• The Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

• Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

• Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison

The Con is On• Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock

• Silverfin by Charlie Higson

• Heist Society by Ally Carter

• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

• White Cat by Holly Black

• Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole

• You Killed Wesley Payne

by Sean Beaudoin

The End of the World• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher• Matched by Allie Condie• Epitaph Road by David Patneaude• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick

Ness• Delirium by Lauren Oliver• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

It’s A Love Story• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie

Perkins• The Half Life of Planets by Emily Franklin and

Brendan Halpin• Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles• The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han• The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

Time-Twisters• The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur

Slade

• The Explosionist by Jenny Davidson

• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

• Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

• Pastworld by Ian Black

• Worldshaker by Richard Harland

The Final Frontier

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis

• Living Hell by Catherine Jinks

• Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill

• The Comet’s Curse by Dom Testa

Dead Girls

• If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

• The Everafter by Amy Huntley

• The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

• All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab

• Hold Still by Nina LaCour

• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Boyish Things

• Swim the Fly by Don Calame• Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford• The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by

Francisco X. Stork• Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena• Gentlemen by Michael Northrop• You by Charles Benoit • Punkzilla by Adam Rapp• Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric Luper

Christian Fiction

• Nothing But Drama (Good Girlz) by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

• Perry Skky, Jr. by Stephanie Perry Moore

• So For Real series by Nikki Carter

• The Miracle Girls by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt

• It’s All About Us by Shelly Adina

• Bluford High (www.townsendpress.com)

• Kimani Tru

• Ni-Ni Simone (Shortie Like Mine)

• Drama High by L. Divine

• So Not The Drama series by Paula Chase

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THIS!

• Contact publishers: ask for catalogs.

• Use Amazon, Barnes & Noble, when you have a chance visit a bookstore.

• Learn to spot keywords in reviews.

• Follow authors and blogs.

ASK

TEENAGERS!

REMINDER!

• www.delicious.com/collection_development_resources

• http://nmcollectiondevelopmentresources.wikispaces.com/

• fatgirlreading@gmail.com

• www.fatgirlreading.com