Description:
This course focuses on the examination and evaluation of materials for adult library users, with special attention to fiction genres. Use of materials in programming. Emphasis on popular culture and adult literacy.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the cultural environment of contemporary mass society with the contemporary library and information agencies.
- Understand the reading interests and the programming role of agencies responsible for creation and distribution of reading materials.
- Examine the cultural environment in which choices are made for selection of reading materials and collection development in libraries.
- Discuss one or more adult reading interest genres in depth.
- Evaluate how own reading interests may affect evaluation of patrons' interests and selection of materials.
- Evaluate reading materials for adult library users.
- Use materials in programming in a variety of settings, with an emphasis on the public library