Popular Reading Collections in Public University Libraries: A Survey of Three Southeastern States

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dc.contributor.authorSanders, Marken_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-27T18:50:15Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-16T19:02:12Z
dc.date.available2009-08-27T18:50:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-05-16T19:02:12Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractOffering a separate, popular reading collection can be a valuable public service in academic libraries. Popular reading is also known as leisure reading, recreational reading, and reading for pleasure. These phrases are synonyms for an interest in reading bestsellers, mysteries, romance novels, biographies, graphic novels, humor, self-help, or popular nonfiction, among other literature categories. This article examines the survey data of popular reading collections in the public universities of three southeastern states. It also discusses the popular reading collection at the author’s library, also located at a southeastern public university, and analyzes the data from both circulation records and a survey of more than 100 patrons who used the collection during the fall 2008 semester.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPublic Services Quarterly; 5:3 p. 174-183en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/1873en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1522-8959&volume=5&issue=3&spage=174&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,emailen_US
dc.subjectPopular readingen_US
dc.subjectPublic librariesen_US
dc.subjectUniversity librariesen_US
dc.subjectRecreational reading
dc.titlePopular Reading Collections in Public University Libraries: A Survey of Three Southeastern Statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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