TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of young people's reading in England: Borrowing and choosing books
AU - Maynard, Sally
AU - Mackay, Sophie
AU - Smyth, Fiona
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - This article reports on selected results of a comprehensive survey of children's reading in England, carried out online in 2005 by the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Roehampton University. With 4182 responses from children living in England aged from 4 to 16 years, the survey is a follow-up to a similar study completed in 1996. The article concentrates on those issues included in the survey which are of particular interest to children's librarians, specifically questions relating to borrowing books, choosing books, reading recommendations, book reviews, school libraries and classroom book corners.
AB - This article reports on selected results of a comprehensive survey of children's reading in England, carried out online in 2005 by the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Roehampton University. With 4182 responses from children living in England aged from 4 to 16 years, the survey is a follow-up to a similar study completed in 1996. The article concentrates on those issues included in the survey which are of particular interest to children's librarians, specifically questions relating to borrowing books, choosing books, reading recommendations, book reviews, school libraries and classroom book corners.
U2 - 10.1177/0961000608096714
DO - 10.1177/0961000608096714
M3 - Article
SN - 0961-0006
VL - 40
SP - 239
EP - 253
JO - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
JF - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
IS - 4
ER -