Login

Publications  •  Project Statistics

Glossary  •  Schools  •  Disciplines
People Search: 
   
Title/Abstract Search: 

Dissertation Information for Carla Diane Hayden

NAME:
- Carla Diane Hayden

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Chicago (USA) (1987)

ADVISORS:
- Zena Sutherland

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Betsy G. Hearne
- Julie M. Hurd
- William Pattison

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: A FRONTIER OF LIBRARIANSHIP: SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN MUSEUMS

Abstract:
Library services for children i n museums are on the
cutting edge of an exciting development: recognition and
respect for juvenile reference and informational needs that
are neither connected to a curriculum (as in school libraries)
nor primarily responsive to popular taste (as in
public libraries) .
Thi s study presents: (1) a frame of conceptualization
for relati ng librarianship to museum work; (2) a historical
review providing perspective and context for library services
for children in museums; and (3) a fresh body of fact,
with analysis, accomplished through exploratory case studi es
and questionnaire surveys.
This study found that there is an apparent tendency
among museums in which research is conducted toward the
maintenence of primarily staff oriented libraries, with few
services for the general public, let alone special services
for children.
Museums in which research is not significant nor
coll ections emphasized, as in techno-science centers and
children' s museums, tend to establish multi-generational
resource centers serving the general public, including
children, and the museum staff. The establishment of
resource centers usually reflects the museum's orientation
regarding exhibit development and education rather than a
change in the nature of the museum's library services per
se.

MPACT Scores for Carla Diane Hayden

A = 0
C = 4
A+C = 4
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-06-10 19:50:03

Advisors and Advisees Graph