Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals,
monographs in education, cultural studies, media studies, and
libraries and information studies, as well as their own research
findings, these authors shatter some of the popular myths about
reading and offer a cogent case for the library's vital role in the
life of a reader. By providing a road map to research findings on
reading, reader-response, audiences, genres, the value of popular
culture, the social nature of reading, and the role of libraries in
promoting literacy and reading, this guide offers a clear rationale
for making pleasure reading a priority in the library and in
schools. The authors assert that reading for pleasure is as vital
as ever; and that it is, and should be, woven into the majority of
activities librarians consider fundamental: reference, collection
building, provision of leisure materials, readers' advisory
services, storytelling programs, adult literacy programs, and the
like. Reading Matters covers "myths about reading," "the boy
problem," "reading and identity," "how readers select books," and
"reading as a social activity." An essential resource for library
administrators and personnel, the book will help them convey a
message about the importance of reading to grant-funding agencies
and others. It contains powerful proof that can be used to justify
the establishment, maintenance, and growth of fiction (and other
pleasure reading) collections, and of readers' advisory services.
It is also of interest to LIS faculty who wish to
establish/maintain courses in readers' advisory, and can be used as
supplemental reading in these classes. Finally, it is a great model
and aide for additional researchon this topic.
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