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Best practices guidelines for young adult services agree that public libraries should provide teens with a separate room to house teen materials, and that each library should have a professional MLS librarian who specializes in teen services. A sample of five local public libraries was examined through observation and collection of circulation statistics to see whether the presence of a physical teen space and a qualified young adult librarian had an impact on the circulation of young adult materials in public libraries. Results showed little impact of these two factors on young adult circulation. There was, however, a strong relationship between the presence of a qualified young adult librarian and the existence of a separate teen room. |
