Denna studie undersöker principer och konsekvenser av vad som kännetecknar grunderna i förskollärares bokval till barngruppen. Syftet är att visa om förskollärare beaktar både pedagogiska och underhållande aspekter, om deras egna känslor för böckerna påverkar deras bokval och i så fall på vilka sätt. Metoden för undersökningen var två kvalitativa intervjuer och en kvantitativ enkätundersökning. Undersökningen gjordes i en medelstor kommun i Sverige. Resultaten visar att när förskollärare väljer barnböcker så sker det framförallt för att bidra till barns språkutveckling, dock hamnar det fantasiskapande syftet i andra hand. Däremot försöker förskollärare skapa meningsfullhet för barngruppen genom bland annat emotionell koppling till boken vilket i förlängningen kan skapa läslust hos barnen. / This study investigates the principles and consecuences of the grounds of preschool teachers book selections for the group of children. The purpose is to show if preschool teachers take into consideration both educational and entertaining aspects, if their own feelings towards the books affects their book selections and if so in what way. The methodology for the survey was two qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey. The study was made in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. The results shows that when preschool teachers choose books it is done above all to contribute to children's language development, however the fantasy creative purpose will end up in the second. On the other hand preschool teachers try to create meaningfulness for the group of children by including emotinal connection through the book selection which ultimately can create motivation for reading in children.

<p>Collection development in academic libraries is going through technology-driven changes relating to the new information technologies ,e.g. -Electronic databases, the Internet and CD-ROM's, joint published materials and audio-visual resources. Libraries are also facing declining budgets and spiralling costs. This research project looked closely at what collection development is and the impact it has on service rendering to undergraduates at the University of the Western Cape. It is also aimed at establishing if the librarians that formulate these policies understand what they (Collection Development Policies) are, and what they should entail.</p>

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<p>Collection development in academic libraries is going through technology-driven changes relating to the new information technologies ,e.g. -Electronic databases, the Internet and CD-ROM's, joint published materials and audio-visual resources. Libraries are also facing declining budgets and spiralling costs. This research project looked closely at what collection development is and the impact it has on service rendering to undergraduates at the University of the Western Cape. It is also aimed at establishing if the librarians that formulate these policies understand what they (Collection Development Policies) are, and what they should entail.</p>

Στην παρούσα εργασία ερευνάται η οργάνωση και η λειτουργία της γωνιάς της βιβλιοθήκης ως τόπος εφαρμογής πρακτικών γραμματισμού, που συντελούν στη μετάβαση των παιδιών από τη φυσική γραμμή γλωσσικής ανάπτυξης στον επίσημο εκπαιδευτικό λόγο. Ως προς τη γλωσσική ανάπτυξή τους, τα παιδιά έρχονται στο νηπιαγωγείο με διαφοροποιήσεις στο επίπεδο φυσικού γραμματισμού –ανάλογα με τις πρακτικές οικογενειακού γραμματισμού στις οποίες συμμετείχαν. Η μετάβαση στο επίσημο εκπαιδευτικό πλαίσιο συμβάλλει στην επιτυχή σχολική –και αργότερα κοινωνική– εξέλιξη του παιδιού. Το νηπιαγωγείο αποτελεί το πρώτο δομημένο σχολικό περιβάλλον, που χρησιμοποιεί επίσημο εκπαιδευτικό λόγο. Η έρευνα μέσω ενός ειδικά κατασκευασμένου εργαλείου καταγράφει τον τρόπο οργάνωσης της γωνιάς της βιβλιοθήκης και τις δραστηριότητες που πραγματοποιούνται στα ελληνικά νηπιαγωγεία. Σκοπός είναι να αποτυπώσει εάν προωθούνται δραστηριότητες που συμβάλλουν στη μετάβαση των παιδιών στον επίσημο εκπαιδευτικό λόγο και εάν υποστηρίζεται και ενισχύεται η ενασχόληση των παιδιών με τα βιβλία. Τα δεδομένα της έρευνας αναλύονται στατιστικά και παρουσιάζονται αναλυτικά. Κατά την ανάλυση γίνεται προσπάθεια ανίχνευσης και συσχέτισης παραγόντων που επιδρούν θετικά ή αρνητικά στην οργάνωση και τη λειτουργία της συγκεκριμένης γωνιάς. / In this dissertation we explore the organization and the function of the “library corner” as a space for the application of literacy practices which contribute to the transition of the students from the natural sequence of their language development to the official discourse of the educational system. Regarding the language development, children enter the pre-school environment with different levels of physical literacy, depending on the family literacy practices in which they have been participating. The transition to the official educational environment contributes to school success – and later to the consequent social development of the student. The nursery school is the first structured educational environment where official educational discourse is used. Our study used a special developed research tool to record the organization of the “library corner” and the various activities that are implemented in a series of Greek nursery schools. Our aim is to inquiry whether the activities within the function of the corner are contributing to the aforementioned transition and whether the process is supporting and empowering students towards their further developmental involvement with books. Our findings are statistically analyzed and presented descriptively. The analysis tries to identify and correlate factors that may have a positive or a negative effect in the transitional functionality of the “library corner”.

I denna studie kommer det att undersökas hur böcker väljs i förskolan och om barnens inflytande tas till vara. Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på hur förskollärarna uppfattar bokvalet i förskolan men också hur de arbetar med bokvalet. Metoden för denna undersökning består av fyra kvalitativa intervjuer. Undersökningen genomfördes i en liten kommun med fyra förskollärare som arbetar på två olika förskolor i samma kommun. I resultatet visar det sig att förskollärarna väljer böcker för att bidra till barnens språkutveckling. / This study will examine how books are chosen in preschool and if children´s influence is considered by the teachers. The purpose of this study is to find out how preschool teachers perceive the book choise in preschool but also how they work with the book choice. The method of this study was four qualitative interviews. This survey was conducted in a small municipality with four preschool teachers working in a two different preschools in the same municipality. From the analysis of the results the conclusion is drawn that preschool teachers choose books to contribute to the children’s language development.

Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl / Collection development in academic libraries is going through technology-driven changes relating to the new information technologies ,e.g. -Electronic databases, the Internet and CD-ROM's, joint published materials and audio-visual resources. Libraries are also facing declining budgets and spiralling costs. This research project looked closely at what collection development is and the impact it has on service rendering to undergraduates at the University of the Western Cape. It is also aimed at establishing if the librarians that formulate these policies understand what they (Collection Development Policies) are, and what they should entail. / South Africa

I svenskämnet i skolan ska eleverna möta olika typer av texter från olika tider. För en del elever kommer deras fria bokval att befinna sig inom skräckgenren. Den här studien syftar till att öka kunskapen om hur flickor väljer ut böcker inom genren skräcklitteratur samt vad det är de vill uppleva med läsningen utifrån frågeställningarna: Utifrån vilka faktorer väljer flickor ut skräcklitteratur? Hur uppfattar flickor genus i skräcklitteratur? Vilka känslor upplever flickor när de läser skräcklitteratur? Studien har en fenomenografisk ansats som utgångspunkt eftersom det ska undersökas vilka faktorer som påverkar flickors fria bokval, deras uppfattningar om skräckgenrens genus samt hur flickor uppfattar de känslor som skapas av skräcklitteratur. Kvalitativ metod används av studien och data insamlades med hjälp av enkäter och intervjuer. Resultatet i studien visar att flickor väljer ut sin skräckbok utifrån faktorerna: Genre, layouten på boken samt baksidestexten. Flickorna baserade inte sitt bokval utifrån karaktärernas genus och kunde finna en identifikation med karaktärer oavsett genus. Spänning, rädsla, glädje och i viss mån maktlöshet var känslor som flickorna beskrev att de upplevde när de läste skräcklitteratur. / When learning the subject Swedish in school, students will meet different types of texts from different times. For some students, their free book choices will be in the horror genre. This study aims to increase the knowledge of how girls choose books in the horror literature genre, what they want to experience from reading, based on the questions: Based on what factors do girls choose horror literature? How do girls perceive gender in horror literature? What feelings do girls experience when reading horror literature? The study has a phenomenographic approach since it investigates which factors influence girls' free book choices, their perceptions of gender in the horror genre and how girls perceive the emotions created in themselves when reading horror literature. A qualitative method is used and data was collected using surveys and interviews. The results of the study show that girls choose their horror book based on the factors: Genre, the layout of the book and the back text. The girls did not base their book selection on the characters' gender and could find an identification with characters regardless of gender. Excitement, fear, joy and to some extent powerlessness were feelings that the girls described when they were reading horror literature.

Magister Artium - MA / One of the main purposes of a library is to disseminate information to the community it serves. Collection development, which is the process of building and maintaining a library’s collection is, thus an essential part of library services. The selection of materials that align with community needs and interests is an especially important aspect of collection development. With reference to the Helen Haines theory of book selection which is community-centred and highlights the role of lifelong learning in book selection, this research investigated the book selection practices of librarians from the City of Cape Town Library and Information Service

Includes bibliography. / The focal point of this study emanates from both personal observations formed in public library branch work and questions raised in the subject literature to the effect that tension appears to exist between the wants of the majority of users and the perception of the dominant goals of the public library by their staff, resulting in differing views as to the book selection policy of this institution. Book selection policies have been taken to reflect the attitudes of library staff towards users' wants in terms of their adherence to the tenets of Anglo-American public library objectives.