Nancy Drew Here to Stay? The Challenges to Be Found in the Acquisition and Retention of Early Twentieth Century Children's Series Books in an Academic Library Setting

McCombs, Gillian M.

doi:10.1300/j101v04n08_06

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“…A number of other publications describe projects to develop more specialized juvenile collections, including popular culture titles (McCombs 1993), Native American children's literature (Bingham 2004), German language children's literature (Armstrong 2003), and a special collection of children's books, most of which are first editions (Uhl 2004).…”

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Promoting a Juvenile Awards Approval Plan: Using Collaboration and Selected Projects for Improved Visibility and Findability to Promote Juvenile Collections in Academic Libraries

Shipman¹

2014

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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This article describes a project to promote an approval plan for purchasing award-winning juvenile books. The overall project utilizes a combination of projects for promoting awareness and use of the awards books and the juvenile collection in general. The promotion plan includes collaborative work with teacher education faculty, projects to increase the visibility of the juvenile collection in the library, and projects to improve the findability of the juvenile books via the online catalog and an online subject guide. Initial assessment of the plan indicates some success with increased book circulation and increased use of the online guide.

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confidence: 99%