Roxanne Myers Spencer

Western Kentucky University

Associate Professor
Coordinator
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Expertise

Interest in Library collections
Interest in Library promotion
Interest in Children's and Young Adult Literature

Courses/Seminars

LME 502: Collection Management for School Librarians
LME 318: Children's Literature
LME 407: Young Adult Literature
LME 527: Thematic Approaches to Young Adult Literature

Honors & Awards

Recipient of WKU’s University Faculty Research Award for University Libraries, 2006-2007
Emerald Literati Network for Excellence 2006: Highly Commended Paper:
WKU Libraries’ Margie Helm Award for Librarian of the Year, 2005
WKU Exemplary Achievement Award, Fall 2005, for Educational Resources Center

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Collection Development

Kentucky Libraries: A Bissel Tam for the Bikherdik: A Little Taste of Jewish Children's Literature for the Booklishly Inclined, Kentucky Libraries (2007)

This article offers a little (bissel) taste (tam) of Jewish children's literature resources. For many...

Developing library classroom children’s collections in English for a Catalunyan private school, Collection Building (2005)

Case study of librarians developing recommendations for a small collection of children’s literature in English...

Interviews

The Grand Canyons: Artists Christopher and Jeanette Canyon Share Their Inspiration, Children & Libraries (2006)

Interview with popular children's book artists Christopher and Jeanette Canyon.

Presentations

Book medicine: Bibliotherapy for Educators, Kentucky Reading Association Annual Conference (2002)

Objective: To provide an overview of bibliotherapy; beginnings and pros and cons of its application...