Blowing Our Own Horn Dept.

KUMASI, KAFI, ed. Ask Your Librarian: Letters to Youth. Smashwords, 2012 E-book ed. free at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/155184/

Kate McDowell, GSLIS professor and former Bulletin reviewer, contributes a response in this collection of questions modeled after the popular Ask-a-Librarian format. With the aim of facilitating greater interaction between young people and the library world, Kumasi gathered questions regarding libraries from youth between the ages of thirteen and eighteen and then called upon practicing librarians and youth services scholars for answers. Questions range from specific (how do I get my librarian to update the nonfiction collection?) to general (why should I come to the public library?) and touch on the pressing concerns facing the library world, including issues of multiculturalism and inclusion as well as the presence and use of digital information.