The Juvenile Collection in the Academic Library.
Individuals on a college campus are often puzzled, maybe indignant, about juvenile literature being in their academic library. But 59% of Ohio academic libraries have identifiable juvenile literature collections while another 22% have juvenile literature, including picture books and big books, in th...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Book Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 101 - 108 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=28691278&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 28691278 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14479516 17TF jtl: International Journal of the Book issn: 14479516 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2007 vid: 4 iid: 4 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 28691278 10.18848/1447-9516/CGP/v04i04/36640 ppf: 101 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: The Juvenile Collection in the Academic Library. aug: au: Crosetto, Alice Horan, Mark affil: University of Toledo, USA su: Academic libraries Children's literature Picture books Education Universities & colleges Print materials Public libraries School libraries sug: subj: Academic libraries Children's literature Picture books Education Universities & colleges Print materials Public libraries School libraries keyword: Children's Literature Juvenile Collection Picture Books ab: Individuals on a college campus are often puzzled, maybe indignant, about juvenile literature being in their academic library. But 59% of Ohio academic libraries have identifiable juvenile literature collections while another 22% have juvenile literature, including picture books and big books, in their main collections. Why the dismay when academics discover The Very Hungry Caterpillar shares shelf space with the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy? The question of the Juvenile Collection in an academic library mirrors the same asked regarding Children's Literature in higher education and its place in the canon of literature worthy of academic discussion. A review of Library Literature reveals very little research in this topic. Education students and faculty are not the only ones on the college campus that utilize this collection; other programs that use this collection are: art therapy, art, clinical and developmental psychology, language and linguistics, cultural anthropology, foreign languages, religions, and interdisciplinary programs focusing on multicultural and diversity studies. In financially challenged times, escalating costs of print materials and electronic resources make this an easily targeted collection - a collection of books that many say should stay in the public and school library. Maintaining a Juvenile Collection does provide some challenges: • Limited funds allocated for this budget line creates the need to be most selective in acquiring titles, almost guaranteeing a quality collection; • Is the Juvenile Collection a working or a historical collection? • Pathfinders need to be designed to advertise the Collection to both Education and non-Education students. This paper will address the challenges and importance of maintaining a juvenile collection in an academic library. Does juvenile literature belong in the academic library? How can the academic librarian provide support for juvenile literature? These questions will initiate further discussion. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Book is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Book holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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