Folklore in the Junior College Library

Lonergan, David; McHone-Chase, Sarah

doi:10.1080/02763910903481987

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“…They argue that "community colleges should be able to offer courses in folklore without adding faculty or purchasing additional library resources" (Lonergan & McHone-Chase, 2010, p. 47). In their discussion, Lonergan and McHone-Chase (2010), provide reference resources for building a collection in Folklore at a community college: American Folklore: An Encyclopedia (1996) Williams (2011) evaluates teacher education programs as the source for academic librarians to consider when building a children's literature collection: "Many academic libraries collect juvenile literature to support teacher education programs" (p. 58). While tools for selecting materials for college libraries usually describe the appropriate audience for book with terms such as graduate, undergraduate, or professional, children's books can describe audience in terms of grade level, or reading level, even age.…”

Section: Folklore Collections In Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Folklore and Children’s Literature: A Content Analysis of the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection

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2015

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The authors conclude by arguing that academic libraries, and libraries in general, should include folklore collections in an "effort to create a collection that helps to preserve local traditions and culture, and to introduce other cultures into a community" (Lonergan & McHone-Chase, 2010, p. 52). Children's Collections in Libraries Whether in a school, public, or academic library, children's collections provide valuable insight to history and culture. Folklore has a foundation in cultural studies; therefore, research of other studies on children's collections is essential. One study is by Karen Nelson Hoyle (2008), a professor and curator at the University of Minnesota University Libraries; she provides an overview of the Children's Literature Research Collections (CLRC) at the University of Minnesota (p. 45). The CRLC "acquires materials, encourages research, and supports exhibits and conferences for professor outreach" (Hoyle, 2008, p. 45). The two main collections are the Kerlan and Hess Collections; additionally, the CLRC hold books related to the history of children's literature, books nominated for the Hans Christian Anderson, and

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Section: Folklore Collections In Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%