Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library
Author
Bright, Laura
Abstract
Many people think of academic libraries as physical (or virtual) spaces and collections maintained for the purpose of patrons acquiring professional knowledge and practicing scholastic research skills. Academic libraries have much more to offer patrons, as is evident by the diversity of programs and resources increasingly offered by college and university libraries. Popular or leisure reading collections can serve as an important function of academic libraries, which also meet patrons’ needs and interests outside of research and homework completion. Academic libraries serve multiple functions and, to some extent, also act as public libraries to many patrons. Consider, for example, the low likelihood that a university student will visit her public library for leisure reading or programming when her academic library is readily available on campus (and likely a critical stop in her weekly schedule). Academic librarians have many wonderful opportunities to support visiting patrons’ interests, personal and professional growth, literacy, and socioemotional development at their libraries.
Date
2024-05-30
Citation:
APA:
Bright, Laura. (May 2024).
Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library.
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MLA:
Bright, Laura.
"Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library". .
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May 2024.
June 25, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13376.
Chicago:
Bright, Laura,
"Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library," , no.
(May 2024),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13376 (accessed
June 25, 2024).
AMA:
Bright, Laura.
Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library. .
May 2024;
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13376. Accessed
June 25, 2024.
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