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| Title: | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SIZE OF A LIBRARY'S COLLECTION OF GLBTQ FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS |
| Authors: | Rebecca E. Cahill |
| Keyword: | Gay Literature -- Bibliography |
| Keyword: | Lesbian Literature -- Bibliography |
| Keyword: | Libraries and Gays |
| Keyword: | Public Libraries -- Collection Development -- Evaluation |
| Keyword: | Young Adults' Literature |
| Issue Date: | 23-Nov-2004 |
| Publisher: | School of Information and Library Science |
| Abstract: | This study examines the Young Adult Fiction holdings of the main branch libraries of six capital cities in the United States. The study was conducted to determine if there was a relationship between the political leanings of the area the libraries were situated in and the size of their Young Adult fiction collection with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (GLBTQ) characters. The holdings of each library were compared to a checklist of YA titles with GLBTQ characters published between 1994 and 2004. The expected outcome that libraries in liberal areas would contain higher GLBTQ collections was not supported by the data; indeed, the reverse was true. Libraries in conservative areas had the largest collections of GLBTQ literature for young adults, though the study does not attempt to establish a causal relationship between politics and collection. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1901/124 |
| Appears in Collections: | SILS Master's Papers |
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