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Dissertation Information for Ann Dorinda Carlson

NAME:
- Ann Dorinda Carlson

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1983)

ADVISORS:
- Kay Ellen Vandergrift

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Leslie Williams

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERATURE SHARING PROGRAMS: PUBLIC LIBRARIANS' PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES

Abstract: Since the 1970s a growing number of public

libraries scttered across this country have

initiated early childhood literature sharing

programs, i.e., storytimes for children

under three years of age and/or

informational programs for

parents/caregivers of children under three

years of age.

concuurent with thegroth of these programs

in libraries the feld of child development

has changed radically in realizing the

imporatance of a child's first few years and

has provided a great amount of early

childhood development information based on

research in the field. This early childhood

development information has implications for

public library programs.

The purpose of this study was (1) to develop

a Schema of Early Childhood Development

Literature Sharing Implicatons from an

analysis and synthesis of information

concerning child development from birth to

three years of age (which was subsequently

reviews by early childhood specilists for

its accuracy); (2) to query librarians in

this country who offered early childhood

literature sharing programs about their

program practices and attitudes via a mail

survey questionnaire; and (3) to determine

if the practices and attitudes of

theselibrarians corresponded to the Schema

and if the practices and attitudes were

independent of certain institutional and

personal characteristics.

The findings show that among the 253

partipants-- a 78% response rate -- of this

study (1) the literature sharing practices

to a large degree corresponded to the

Schema; (2) the attitudes of librarians to a

large degree corresponded to the Schema; (3)

the litearture sharing parctices were by and

large independent of background variables

(exceptions include librarian's amount of

early childhood devlopment reading); and ,

(4) the attitudes, to a lesser extent than

the practices, were independent of

background variables (exceptions included

librarian's amount of early childhood

development reading, if librarin has taken

early childhood education courses, if

librarian has past teaching experience.

MPACT Scores for Ann Dorinda Carlson

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:01:57

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ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None