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From: Sandra Wurdeman <swurdeman_at_charter.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:42:11 -0500
Will the complete results of the study be posted soon?
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Einstein
Sandra Wurdeman
Mosinee District Librarian
1000 High St.
Mosinee, WI 54455
From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:15 AM To: pgardow_at_ecasd.k12.wi.us; ccbc-net@lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Nonfiction, teenagers, popularity
Amy Alessio and I were fortunate enough to get a Frances Henne grant from YALSA to study the issue of teenagers and nonfiction -- do they read it, what do they read, what do they want? We (to be more precise, she, as Amy has done all of the heavy lifting) have sent out surveys to a variety of kinds of libraries (urban, rural, wealthy, poor) and have also held discussions with some teen groups. The results are provisional and spotty but Amy passed along the following early results:
Many teens enjoy the NF they are assigned in school, but have a hard time finding more they like in the library.
Topics they particularly like include boigraphies including gang memoirs, local topics, the paranormal, books about people who make great impact especially international ones and of course A Child Called It.
The rather obvious conclusion is that teenagers like to find nonfiction that reflects and matches their interests --
Marc Aronson
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:42:11 -0500
Will the complete results of the study be posted soon?
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Einstein
Sandra Wurdeman
Mosinee District Librarian
1000 High St.
Mosinee, WI 54455
From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:15 AM To: pgardow_at_ecasd.k12.wi.us; ccbc-net@lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Nonfiction, teenagers, popularity
Amy Alessio and I were fortunate enough to get a Frances Henne grant from YALSA to study the issue of teenagers and nonfiction -- do they read it, what do they read, what do they want? We (to be more precise, she, as Amy has done all of the heavy lifting) have sent out surveys to a variety of kinds of libraries (urban, rural, wealthy, poor) and have also held discussions with some teen groups. The results are provisional and spotty but Amy passed along the following early results:
Many teens enjoy the NF they are assigned in school, but have a hard time finding more they like in the library.
Topics they particularly like include boigraphies including gang memoirs, local topics, the paranormal, books about people who make great impact especially international ones and of course A Child Called It.
The rather obvious conclusion is that teenagers like to find nonfiction that reflects and matches their interests --
Marc Aronson
---Received on Fri 08 Oct 2010 07:42:11 PM CDT
