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Public Libraries in the Lives of Young Readers: Past, Present and Future
Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature (2010)
  • Paulette Rothbauer
  • Virginia A Walter, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Kathleen Weibel
Abstract
Youth services in public libraries have always been characterized by good intentions and commitment to patrons' personal choice: to select, to question, and to know. The public library has changed and grown since its Progressive Era beginnings, and the leadership for much of this change has come from youth services librarians through their work on behalf of young library users, whether this involves summer programming or digital media development. This chapter's three scholars bring a wealth of public library experience to this endeavour, as they describe the past, present, and future of public library service to young people in the United States and Canada.
Keywords
  • young people,
  • children,
  • teenagers,
  • young adults,
  • public libraries,
  • public library services
Publication Date
2010
Editor
Shelby A. Wolf, Karen Coats, Patricia Enciso and Christine A. Jenkins
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
978-0-415-96506-4
Publisher Statement
"This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature on 26 October 2010, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Research-on-Childrens-and-Young-Adult-Literature/Wolf-Coats-Enciso-Jenkins/p/book/9780415965064.”
Citation Information
Paulette Rothbauer, Virginia A Walter and Kathleen Weibel. "Public Libraries in the Lives of Young Readers: Past, Present and Future" New York and LondonHandbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature (2010) p. 134 - 147
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paulette_rothbauer/23/