Genrefication - Does it improve user engagement with library collections?

Madison Dearnaley

By Madison Dearnaley
Community contribution / February 4, 2020

We all know that reading is so important for students. Just take a look at some of the research by Josie Billington (2015), Mar, Oatley and Peterson (2009), and Anne Sullivan (2015).

Benefits include, but are certainly not limited to, academic achievement, mental health wellness, increase in vocabulary, social and cultural awareness ...

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By Madison Dearnaley

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Madison works at the Good Shepherd Lutheran College library as the Book Hire Coordinator and Library Aide, especially enjoying the focus on literature promotion, marketing, and display and event work her job enables. ADD: After completing a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)/Bachelor of Human Services, Madison decided her future lay in the world of libraries and went on to complete a Master of Information Studies (Librarianship). Madison is an Associate Member of ALIA. She is part of the Students Need School Libraries Campaign leadership team and is the website coordinator for the campaign. Madison is also a professional reader (a title she really loves), and blogs about all things school libraries and YA and children’s literature at https://madisonslibrary.wordpress.com/

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Mmm - not convinced. The first example given, Ms Orlando's Y10 science class, would without question be better WITHOU...

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