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Children's Literature
Fund
In March of 2004, the library allocated an annual allotment
of $500 to begin a children's fund. This fund is intended
to support disparate groups across campus who use children's
literature ranging from preschool to teen readers. The allocation was increased to $1000 in late Spring of 2004.
Who
The Children's Literature fund serves the needs of various
groups including:
- Early Childhood Education Department
- Child Development Center
- ASLCC Child Care Co-op Center
- English
- Academic Learning Skills
Early Childhood Education Department
Early Childhood Education prepares students for successful
careers as childcare providers in a variety of child care
settings, including one-on-one nanny work, family childcare
or group care, or group care settings such as day care centers.
Student teachers enrolled in the Early Childhood Education
Program staff three centers on campus which are operated using
developmentally appropriate practice based on the model taught
in the Early Childhood Education Program. The programs include:
- Infant & Toddler Center: 3 months - 35 months
- Preschool Program: three to five years Pre-K
- Kindergarten Program: four to five plus years
Bev Hickey's Creativity Class
Students in Bev Hickey's Creativity class use and review children's
picture books. They review a picture book for 2-3 year olds,
and they do two reviews of picture books for 4-5 year olds.
They discuss Caldecott and Newberry award winners. Each review
includes information about the author and illustrator and
they read the book in small groups aloud in class. Picture
books are emphasized, not early readers.
Child Development Center
The Child Development Center offers a lab experience that
allows students to practice being a teacher. Short picture
books are read to children before breakfast, lunch, snack,
and naptime. Furthermore, students are required to bring in
20 age-appropriate (3-5 years) books for one of their projects.
There are small libraries in Building 24 and 25 covering
infants, toddlers, and preschool; however, the small donation
that went to buy these books no longer exists and the books
are dated. Students use Eugene Public Library to fulfill their
requirements; unfortunately, not all students are Eugene residents
so they must pay for borrowing privileges.
There is a high need on campus for:
- picture books that can be read aloud in 5 minutes
- books that are multicultural, anti-biased, and theme related
- books for infants, toddlers, and preschool ages
ASLCC Child Care Co-op Center
The ASLCC (Associated Students of Lane Community) Child Care
Co-op is a state-licensed facility on campus serving student
families of Lane Community College. The Co-Op serves student's
children 30 months through 5 years. The types of books used
vary from picture books to easy readers. Two parents are assigned
each term as the Library helpers and their duties include
a weekly trip to Eugene Public Library for a new sets of books.
Of particular interest are:
- Multi-cultural books
- Books that depict people in non-traditional work and family
roles
The Co-op would like to encourage widening our selection
with books about death (pets and family) diviorce, children
with special needs, and hospitalization.
English 100:
Children's Literature is an overview course that deals with
many aspects of children's literature, including history,
trends, range of subject matter, criteria for selection and
evaluation, correlation of books to children's needs and interests,
reading and storytelling programs, illustrations and artists,
multimedia approaches and materials, and enrichment ideas.
This course includes the reading of children's books from
different categories and on varied subjects. It is designed
for students who are or will be working with children in order
to help them acquire a basic knowledge of children's literature
and the ways it can be used with children to meet their needs
and interests and to heighten their appreciation and understanding.
Materials used include:
- Picture books: illustrated books without written text
- Storybooks: books with illustration and text
- Books for 7-12 year olds that are more text than picture
- Young adult fiction for 12+
- Texts that explain the relevance and value of studying
children's literature as literature
- Fairy Tales and Folktales
Academic Learning Skills
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What
Identifiable areas of focus include:
- short picture books
- Infant & Toddler Center: 3 months - 35 months
- Preschool Program: three to five years Pre-K
- Kindergarten Program: four to five plus years
- Caldecott Award [preschool only]
- Newbery Medals [preschool only]
- Storybooks: books with illustration and text
- Books for 7-12 year olds that are more text than picture
- Young adult fiction for 12+
- Texts that explain the relevance and value of studying
children's literature as literature
- Fairy Tales and Folktales
- "easy readers"
Examples:
picture books: illustrated books—no text
- Rosie's Walk
- Sing, Pierrot, Sing
- A Boy, A Frog, A Dog and A Friend
storybooks: books with illustration and text
- Where the Wild Things Are
- any Seuss
7-12 year olds: more text than picture, sometimes called
chapter books
- Tuck Everlasting
- Ramona
- Charlotte's Web
- Anastasia
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
Young adult fiction for 12+
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
- Tangerine
- The View from Saturday
- The Giver
Current library support
Liaison to the area
Juanita Benedicto
Reference Librarian
E-mail: benedictoj@lanecc.edu
Phone: (541) 463-5357
Web: http://www.lanecc.edu/library/staff/juanita/
Allocation
Children's Literature has an annual allocation $1000 for monographic
purchases.
Monographic support
The call number range for Children's Literature falls between
PZ1-PZ90.
As of Spring 2004, the average publication date for books in this call number
range [PZ] at our library is 1977.
Other areas of support include
- are there other parts of the collection you regularly
use for your classes or for your work?
Statement of future direction
The statements below are examples. I would like to collaborate
on these statements with stakeholders.
- Collect more titles x, y, and z ?
- Find ways to advertise the collection to students
- Identify all interested parties
- determine if allocation is sufficient
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