Week 13 Prompt


As an adult who reads a lot of young adult fiction, I believe that is very important to serve adults who enjoy books that are usually geared toward a younger audience, like young adult fiction or graphic novels. Personally, I believe that there should not be an age limit on who enjoys what types of books, unless of course we are talking about books on adult topics to Be off limits to young children. On the opposite of this statement, I find it to be a wonderful thing where adults are interested in YA/Teen books. I think everyone can relate to a lot of themes in this category of books, so everyone should have access to them.

As librarians, it is vital that we don’t look down on the types of books are patrons like to read. I was shamed for liking YA literature is my creative writing class in college. Therefore, I’ll always do my best to make sure that no patron of mine ever feels like that. I think it would be helpful to adult patrons who enjoy these books if librarians had a young adult section as part of the adult section of the library in addition to the children’s area. Programming based on young adult literature would also be a great way a to serve these patrons. For example, my local library has a young adult literature for adults book club. I also think that creative interesting displays that show the appreciation for this category would help people feel more confident in their enjoyment of these books instead of feeling shamed
 Additionally, I think it would be helpful to have graphic novels displayed in the adult section of the library because otherwise it might take patrons a while to find them. I also think that asking patrons regularly if they’ve read graphic novels, helps people to realize that it is not only acceptable genre to read, but adds a uniqueness to the reading experience. Like I said with a young adult literature, Book clubs and displays would be a great way to serve patrons interested in these novels

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