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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Ross, Catherine Sheldrick. Reading matters. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006 (OCoLC)609325509 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Catherine Sheldrick Ross; Lynne McKechnie; Paulette M Rothbauer |
| ISBN: | 1591580668 9781591580669 |
| OCLC Number: | 62172776 |
| Description: | x, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The company of readers / Catherine Ross -- Becoming a reader : childhood years / Lynne McKechnie -- Young adults and reading / Paulette Rothbauer -- Adult readers / Catherine Ross. |
| Responsibility: | Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Lynne E.F. McKechnie, and Paulette M. Rothbauer. |
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Abstract:
The authors assert that reading for pleasure is as vital as ever; and that it is, and should be, woven into the majority of activities librarians consider fundamental: reference, collection building, provision of leisure materials, readers' advisory services, storytelling programs, adult literacy programs, and the like. Reading Matters covers "myths about reading," "the boy problem," "reading and identity," "how readers select books," and "reading as a social activity." An essential resource for library administrators and personnel, the book will help them convey a message about the importance of reading to grant-funding agencies and others. It contains powerful proof that can be used to justify the establishment, maintenance, and growth of fiction (and other pleasure reading) collections, and of readers' advisory services. It is also of interest to LIS faculty who wish to establish/maintain courses in readers' advisory, and can be used as supplemental reading in these classes. Finally, it is a great model and aide for additional research on this topic.
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