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The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Adults Served By Children's Services

Hektoen, Faith H.

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Title
The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Adults Served By Children's Services
Author(s)
Hektoen, Faith H.
Issue Date
1977
Keyword(s)
Children’s libraries
Abstract
"Who are the adults using, wanting and interested in public library services to children? What proportion of users do they represent today in library children's rooms? Do librarians perceive the effects of present-day stresses, priorities, understanding and indifference of adults on public library services, both in terms of access and support? Are librarians aware that the field of public policy relating to children has reemerged?1 Answers to questions such as these need to be incorporated in an examination of children's services, present and potential, and of the ""ideal"" children's librarian. The adults using children's services in Connecticut public libraries are not unlike adults elsewhere. They are parents, teachers (particularly from early childhood education centers), college students, professional workers from community agencies and service organizations, artists (including commercial artists, writers and film-makers), grandparents, and adults seeking beginning-level information or recollecting childhood joys. Some adults are sophisticated library users while others are unfamiliar with the library environment."
Publisher
Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Allerton Park Institute (23rd : 1977)
ISSN
0536-4604
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1653
Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1977.

Owning Collections

1977: Children's Services of Public Libraries PRIMARY
Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 23, 1977); Edited by Selma K. Richardson