Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community

McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.); Ross, Catherine Sheldrick; Rothbauer, Paulette M.

ISBN 10: 1591580668 / ISBN 13: 9781591580669

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2005

In. Seller Inventory # ria9781591580669_new

Synopsis:

A road map to the research on reading and libraries, and a cogent case for the library's vital role in the life of a readerÑfrom childhood through adulthood.|Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals, monographs in education, cultural

About the Author:

Catherine Sheldrick Ross, professor, faculty of information and media studies, The University of Western Ontario, teaches a course in readers' advisory, and is involved in ongoing research on reading for pleasure.

Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie, associate professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Western Ontario, is conducting a longitudinal study of the role of the public library in the lives of 30 children.

Paulette M. Rothbauer, assistant professor, University of Toronto, has done extensive research on adolescent readers and the role of pleasure-reading in the discovery of identity. She is the winner of the Eugene Garfield Dissertation Competition.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals ...
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New