The Effects of Reading Poetry in Library Classes on Circulation of the Library’s Poetry Collection

Author

Mary Musselman, University of Northern Iowa

Availability

Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Abstract

Many of the elementary poetry books on the shelves of the Manson Northwest Webster Barnum Center library in Barnum, Iowa were not being checked out by students. By reading poetry from those books to third and fourth graders during library time the librarian hoped to stimulate interest in those poetry books and increase circulation of them. After keeping track of the poetry book circulation before and after reading poetry to the groups, the reading did in fact increase the circulation of the poetry books significantly at the .05 level.

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Year of Submission

2002

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Department

Division of School Library Studies

First Advisor

Barbara Safford

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Date Original

8-2002

Object Description

1 PDF file (v, 27 pages)

Copyright

©2002 Mary Musselman

Recommended Citation

Musselman, Mary, "The Effects of Reading Poetry in Library Classes on Circulation of the Library’s Poetry Collection" (2002). Graduate Research Papers. 3889.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/3889