Children's Voices in Librarians' Words, 1890-1930

McDowell, Kathleen

doi:10.1353/lac.2011.0005

Cited by 11 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Letting children speak for themselves, therefore, provides a platform to explore the unique ways in which they understand the situation and offer insights into the problems, including result‐oriented rehabilitation policies (Ben‐Arieh, ; Jans, ; Karniol and Koren, ; Lewis, ). Children are capable of social action and, therefore, should be allowed to enter into dialogical relationships with other people, including caretakers and policy‐makers so that their needs and desires can be better explored and met (McDowell, ; Uprichard, ). Such an approach is acutely needed in the case of children who have lost their parent(s), lost control over their lives and their voices muted (Edmond, ).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children's Voices: Conflict‐Affected Orphans in Residential Care in Jammu and Kashmir

Singh

Jha

2016

Children & Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper is based on a study of thirty‐one children who lost their parent(s) in the course of armed conflict in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and were put in various orphanages across the state. The qualitative research method was employed in order to examine and understand and the nature of problems faced by these children. It explores ways in which these children seek to come to terms with the reality, and highlights the importance and relevance of incorporating their views in programmes meant for their rehabilitation and reintegration into the society.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children's Voices: Conflict‐Affected Orphans in Residential Care in Jammu and Kashmir

Singh

Jha

2016

Children & Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The user in-formation represents both the possibility of worthiness and the risk of problem status. The user in-formation may take proper advantage of the library's offerings and climb the reading ladder (Ross, 1987(Ross, , 2009McDowell, 2011McDowell, , 2014 to achieve success in economic (the library-made user), cultural (the cultured user, Talja, 2001), and civic domains (the informed citizen), or may fail to do so and become a problem: the lazy user, the boor, or the dupe. In relation to the facets of the 'whole which, on the one hand, exhorts readers to be sympathetic to the plight of homeless people, whilst on the other hand, presents 'them' as needing to be controlled and regulated to maintain social order.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Do You Solve a Problem like the Whole User? The Construction of Worthy and Problematic Users in Online Discussions of the Public Library

McKenzie

2019

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

How do you solve a problem like the whole user? The construction of worthy and problematic users in online discussions of the public library In this article I use a discursive approach and the concept of the 'category entitlement' to analyse the ways that contributors to a public Internet discussion of the value of the public library make cases for different user characteristics and behaviour as 'worthy' or 'problematic', and use these characteristics to discuss and debate the kinds of individuals and the kinds of behaviour that properly belong to each category. Contributors to the discussion represented users in three categories: a fluid 'everyone', which included people represented as being disadvantaged and in legitimate need of the library's resources, expertise, and support; the user information , whose worthy variant takes advantage of the library's offerings to achieve success in economic, cultural, and civic domains and whose problematic variant fails to do so; and the visceral user who may meet bodily needs or engage in pleasurable non-purposive activities and who is deemed worthy or problematic based on their behaviour in the library space. Despite public libraries' growing emphasis on serving the whole user, these public comments prioritise users who exercise their mind to develop into worthy members of a community and who meet behavioural expectations consistent with quiet intellectual activity.

show abstract

“…Tyrimai rodo, kad bibliotekininkai jaučiasi atsakingi už tai, kokią literatūrą renkasi jų skaitytojai, jaučia pareigą parinkti vertingas knygas [19], kartu šios profesijos atstovai ieško įvairesnės profesinės literatūros, kuri padėtų jiems tapti geresniais savo srities žinovais [30]. Yra darbų, kuriuose aptartos bibliotekininkų kaip tarpininkų tarp knygos, technologinių naujovių ir skaitytojų galimybės [15], išryškinta bibliotekininko svarba ne tik sudominant vaikus skaitymu, bet ir užmezgant su jais draugišką ryšį, kartu formuojant teigiamą nuomonę ne tik apie skaitymą, bet ir apie bibliotekininką bei pačią biblioteką [18]. Taigi profesinė veikla dažnai yra glaudžiai susijusi su darbuotojų asmeninėmis savybėmis, jų kasdienybė atskleidžia įvairias socialines problemas, kultūrinius bei istorinius visuomenės gyvenimo aspektus.…”

unclassified

Changes in the Reading Tradition Revealed in Librarians’ Life Narratives

Astikienė¹

2019

lituanistica

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article analyses librarians’ life narratives about the importance of reading in their professional and personal lives during the Soviet period and the years of independence. Forms of popularization of reading and reading traditions that have changed in the course of time are discussed as well. The narratives show that librarians who worked during Soviet times popularized reading by organising various events: they brought books to travelling libraries, they personally took publications to people’s houses and various institutions. In the years of independence, librarians are more involved in various projects and non-traditional activities, and popularize their activity by using different modern technologies. The children’s reduced need for reading that nowadays is frequently replaced by information technologies was also observed in the narratives. Librarians of two age groups named reading as one of the most important things in their lives. The influence of children’s libraries and parents on the formation of the reading hobby was revealed. Most of the respondents used to read or still read to their children and grandchildren, which shows that attempts are made to maintain the tradition of reading in librarians’ families.

show abstract

Children's Voices in Librarians' Words, 1890-1930

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Children's Voices: Conflict‐Affected Orphans in Residential Care in Jammu and Kashmir

Children's Voices: Conflict‐Affected Orphans in Residential Care in Jammu and Kashmir

How Do You Solve a Problem like the Whole User? The Construction of Worthy and Problematic Users in Online Discussions of the Public Library

Changes in the Reading Tradition Revealed in Librarians’ Life Narratives

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About