Academic Libraries and Extracurricular Reading Promotion

References

1. Janelle M. Zauha, “Recreational Reading in Academic Browsing Rooms: Resources for Readers’ Advisory,” Collection Building 12, no. 3/4 (1993): 57.
2. Ibid.
3. R. S. Clark, “Book Consciousness in a College,” Library Journal 56 (Jan. 15, 1931): 72.
4. Ibid.
5. Felix Reichmann, “Recreational Reading in a Large University Library System,” School and Society 68, no. 1762 (Oct. 2, 1948): 228.
6. Richard Chapin, “The Recreational Reading of University of Illinois Students,” College & Research Libraries 12, no. 2 (Apr. 1951): 156-57.
7. Willard Abraham, “College Students Do Read,” Library Journal 76 (Apr. 15, 1951): 678.
8. Virginia J. Richardson, “Book-of-the-Month Program at Morgan State College,” Maryland Libraries (Fall 1964): 12-13.
9. Ibid., 13.
10. Patricia Knapp, “The Role of the Library of a Given College in Implementing the Course and Non-Course Objectives of That College” (PhD diss., University of Chicago, 1957), 197.
11. Ibid., 238-40.
12. William B. Ready, “Libraries and the Refreshment of Reading,” College & Research Libraries 19, no. 2 (Mar. 1958): 125.
13. Katharine Balderston, “What Wellesley Girls Read,” Publishers’ Weekly (Feb. 24, 1923): 581.
14. Arthur P. Sweet, “‘As Long As We Both Shall Live’: In Which a Lesser Librarian Reviews His Reading Problem,” College & Research Libraries 21, no. 4 (Jul. 1960): 286-87.
15. Clifton Brock, “The Rising Tide: Some Implications for College and University Libraries,” College & Research Libraries 19, no. 1 (Jan. 1958): 12.
16. Paul C. Reinert, S.J., “College and Research Libraries in a Decade of Decision,” College & Research Libraries 18, no. 5 (Sept. 1957): 360.
17. Ibid., 365.
18. Darlene Money, “Whatever Happened to Readers’ Advisory Service?” Ontario Library Review 55 (Mar. 1971): 14.
19. Paul Wiener, “Recreational Reading Services in Academic Libraries: An Overview,” Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory 6 (1982): 59.
20. Ibid., 60.
21. Ibid., 62.
22. Ibid., 64.
23. Zauha, “Recreational Reading in Academic Browsing Rooms,” 57.
24. Ibid., 58.
25. Ibid., 59-60.
26. Barbara MacAdam, interview by author, Jul. 6, 2006.
27. Barbara MacAdam, “Sustaining the Culture of the Book: The Role of Enrichment Reading and Critical Thinking in the Undergraduate Curriculum,” Library Trends 44, no. 2 (Fall 1995): 245-46.
28. Ibid., 249.
29. Ibid., 252-53.
30. Ibid., 259-60.
31. Barbara Fister, e-mail message to author, Oct. 23, 2006.
32. Sarah Johnson, e-mail message to author, Oct. 24, 2006.
33. Sara Ranger, e-mail message to author, Oct. 23, 2006.
34. Lianne Hartman, e-mail message to author, Oct. 25, 2006.
35. Paul O. Jenkins, e-mail message to author, Oct. 24, 2006.
36. Melissa Moore, e-mail message to author, Oct. 23, 2006.
37. Ibid.
38. Lisa Johnston, e-mail to author, Oct. 24, 2006.
39. Traci Moritz, e-mail to author, Oct. 20, 2006.
40. Johnston, e-mail to author.
41. MacAdam, e-mail to author.
42. Ibid.
43. Johnson, e-mail to author.
44. Ibid.
45. Renee Reed, e-mail message to author, Oct. 20, 2006.
46. Jenkins, e-mail to author.
47. MacAdam, e-mail to author.
48. Ibid.
49. Emily Bergman, e-mail message to author, Oct. 6, 2006.
50. Susan Lee, e-mail message to author, Oct. 20, 2006.
51. Reed, e-mail to author.
52. Wendy Bousfield, e-mail message to author, Oct. 25, 2006.
53. MacAdam, e-mail to author.
54. Johnston, e-mail to author.
55. Johnson, e-mail to author.
56. Jessica Moyer, e-mail message to author, Oct. 23, 2006.
57. Sara Brown, e-mail message to author, Oct. 23, 2006.
58. Hartman, e-mail to author.
59. Barbara Fister, e-mail message to author, Nov. 2, 2006.
60. Ibid, e-mail to author.
61. Bergman, e-mail to author.
62. Bousfield, e-mail to author.
63. Mary Beth Hinton, “New York Center for Book Appoints New Director,” Syracuse University News , Oct. 26, 2006, http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=3627 (accessed Nov. 6, 2006).
64. Bergman, e-mail to author.
65. Moritz, e-mail to author.
66. Lee, e-mail to author.
67. Bousfield, e-mail to author.
68. Fister, e-mail to author.
69. Fister, e-mail to author.
70. Moore, e-mail to author.
71. Bousfield, e-mail to author.
72. OCLC, Perception of Libraries and Information Resources: A Report to the OCLC Membership . Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, 2005. Also available at this Web site (accessed Nov. 6, 2006).
73. Fister, e-mail to author.
74. Hartman, e-mail to author.
75. Jenkins, e-mail to author.
76. Bergman, e-mail to author.
77. Christine Dehoff, e-mail message to author, Oct. 25, 2006.
78. Reed, e-mail to author.
79. Hartman, e-mail to author.
80. Bergman, e-mail to author.
81. Johnston, e-mail to author.
82. Hartman, e-mail to author.
83. Jenkins, e-mail to author.
84. Brown, e-mail to author.
85. Moritz, e-mail to author.
86. Moore, e-mail to author.
87. Burnet, e-mail to author.
88. Bergman, e-mail to author.
89. Hartman, e-mail to author.
90. Ibid, e-mail to author.
91. Johnson, e-mail to author.
92. Renee Hopkins, e-mail message to author, Oct. 24, 2006.
93. Moritz, e-mail to author.
94. Moore, e-mail to author.
95. Hartman, e-mail to author.
96. MacAdam, “Sustaining,” 260.

Appendix A. URLs Academic Library Programs and Collections Noted in this Article (when available)

• Indiana University South Bend Libraries One Book, One Campus (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library. Wagman Browsing Area (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• Gwynedd-Mercy College. Lourdes Library GMC Reads (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• College of Mount St. Joseph Archbishop Alter Library. Literacy and Leisure (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• Union University. Emma Waters Summar Library RA Blog (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• Sweet Briar College Libraries. Nicole Basbanes Student Book Collecting Contest (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• Syracuse University. Research Guide for the Kite Runner (CNY Reads title) (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• Richland Community College. Richland Reads (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)
• One Book, One College: Common Reading Programs (Compiled by Barbara Fister) (accessed Nov. 6, 2006)

Appendix B. IRB Study Form and Survey Questions

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND

Readers’ Advisory and Extracurricular Reading in College Libraries

You are invited to participate in a research study involving the state of readers’ advisory (RA) services in college libraries.

INFORMATION

You will be one of approximately 150-300 subjects who will be participating in this research. You will be asked to answer fifteen questions regarding RA services at your library and your own attitudes toward RA and reading. The survey will take approximately five to ten minutes to complete.

BENEFITS

While there is no direct benefit to you from participating in this study, I hope to raise the awareness of the benefits of extracurricular reading programs and RA in academic libraries.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All data collected are completely anonymous unless you are willing to be interviewed further. If you wish to be interviewed further, please provide your contact information at the end of the survey. If you agree to be interviewed, your survey will no longer be anonymous, and if quoted in the article, your name will be used.

CONTACT

If you have any questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact Julie Elliott at Library 109, Indiana University-South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN 46634, (574) 520-4410, jmfelli@iusb.edu.

If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or your rights as a participant in research have not been honored during the course of this project, you may contact the Indiana University-South Bend Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Subjects, 1700 Mishawaka Ave., A247, South Bend, IN 46634, 574-520-4181, sbirb@iusb.edu.

PARTICIPATION

Your participation in this study is voluntary. If you decide to participate, you may withdraw at any time without penalty. Once your survey has been submitted to me, it cannot be returned since the surveys are anonymous. You must be 18 years of age to participate in this study.

General Questions:

1. Does your university library have an RA service? (Readers’ Advisory: where a librarian or staff member helps readers choose what books to read, provides suggestions for recreational reading, etc.)
   Yes
   No
2. Does your university library have a browsing area? If no, skip to #7.
   Yes
   No
3. If yes to #2, is it a separate collection?
   Yes
   No
4. If yes to #3, is it a separate room? If no, please skip to #6.
   Yes
   No
5. If yes to #4, is it staffed by
   Librarian
   Staff member
   Student
   Not staffed
6. What kinds of books are in the browsing collection?
   Popular fiction and nonfiction
   Fiction only Nonfiction only
   Academic materials only
7. Does your library lead a “One Book, One Campus” program?
   Yes
   No
8. Does your library lead a “summer reading program,” extracurricular reading groups, or a readers’ Web log?
   Yes
   No
9. If your library does not lead such programs, does your library participate in similar campus programs?
   Yes
   No
10. Does your library have book lists in either paper or Web format?
    Yes, Web and print
    Yes, Web only
    Yes, print only
    No
11. Have there been any changes in the last five years to your RA service? For example, you provided services five years ago, but do not now?
    Yes
    No
12. If yes to number 11, what changes did you make?
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
13. Your university is primarily:
    Commuter
    Residential
14. The highest degree your university grants is:
    Doctorate
    Master’s
    Bachelor’s
    Associate’s

Attitudes toward reading/RA:

Please circle the abbreviation which best matches your opinion:

SA=Strongly Agree; A=Agree; D=Disagree; SD=Strongly Disagree; and No Opinion

15. RA should be a priority for academic libraries
    SA A D SD No Opinion
16. RA is a public library issue
    SA A D SD No Opinion
17. Extracurricular reading is important for college students
    SA A D SD No Opinion
18. Encouraging reading is an academic librarian’s role
    SA A N D SD
19. I would do more to promote RA if it were written into my job description
    SA A D SD No Opinion
20. I read books for fun often (more than one per week)
    SA A D SD No Opinion
21. I read books for fun sometimes (approx. one per month)
    SA A D SD No Opinion
22. I rarely read books for fun (less than one per month)
    SA A D SD No Opinion

If you would be willing to be interviewed for this study, please provide your contact information below:

Name and Job Title: _______________________________

Phone (please specify work or home): _________________

E-mail: _________________________________________

I prefer to be contacted by: phone e-mail

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