Competency #8 Internet

I chose this article entitled "Overcoming the obstacle course: Teenage boys and reading" from the Teacher librarian website. The article describes the research related to boys and reading as well as the problem from the point of view of boys. It also goes on to list things that librarians who service teenage boys can do to promote reading and literacy among boys, including a section on recommended fiction and nonfiction books of interest for boys and how to develop a "guy-friendly" library collection. I think this is a fantastic resource for anybody who works or wants to work in a library setting that services young males. This is a very relevant webpage for my topic of teenage boys and the middle school library. I used Google search engine to find this resource. The link to the above resource is: www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_30/v_30_3_feature.html