Where are the whale books? Evaluating and improving juvenile marine science collections

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/hm50ts91m

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Webster, Janet G.
Abstract	This study examined the juvenile marine science collections of ten public libraries on the Oregon coast to assess if they adequately provided children with good science books about their backyards. While most of the libraries demonstrate a strong commitment to children's services, none has evaluated their juvenile collections beyond monitoring general usage statistics and enlisting staff intuition. Describing adequacy proved difficult. Using a standard evaluation tool, a "best books" list, coupled with subject expertise, should have led to a clear assessment of the various colletions. When it did not, more work was done to discover how to use such a list and other review sources to evaluate and build adequate local collections. Keywords: Juvenile nonfiction, Marine science collections, Collection development
Resource Type	Article
Date Available	2005-08-30T14:14:09+00:00
Date Issued	1998
Citation	Journal of youth services in libraries: JOYS 11(3): 218-229
Journal Title	Journal of Youth Services in Libraries
Journal Volume	11
Journal Issue/Number	3
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Libraries
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	American Library Association
Language	English [eng]
File Format	application/pdf
File Extent	527531 bytes
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/314