Collecting Poetry for the Academic Library: An Evaluation of Poetry Prizes as Selection Tools
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2011
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| author | Golomb, Liorah |
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| contents | Collecting Poetry for the Academic Library: An Evaluation of Poetry Prizes as Selection Tools Golomb, Liorah Poetry Books Academic Libraries Library Services Awards Selection Tools Surveys Librarians This paper examines the usefulness of poetry book prizes as a selection tool by evaluating their fairness, meaningfulness, and reliability as an indication of quality. The results of two surveys, one collecting data on poetry book prizes and the other asking librarians about their collecting practices, suggest that selecting on the basis of prizes is of limited value. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2011 |
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| spellingShingle | Collecting Poetry for the Academic Library: An Evaluation of Poetry Prizes as Selection Tools Golomb, Liorah Poetry Books Academic Libraries Library Services Awards Selection Tools Surveys Librarians Collecting Poetry for the Academic Library: An Evaluation of Poetry Prizes as Selection Tools Golomb, Liorah Poetry Books Academic Libraries Library Services Awards Selection Tools Surveys Librarians This paper examines the usefulness of poetry book prizes as a selection tool by evaluating their fairness, meaningfulness, and reliability as an indication of quality. The results of two surveys, one collecting data on poetry book prizes and the other asking librarians about their collecting practices, suggest that selecting on the basis of prizes is of limited value. |
| title | Collecting Poetry for the Academic Library: An Evaluation of Poetry Prizes as Selection Tools |
| topic | Poetry Books Academic Libraries Library Services Awards Selection Tools Surveys Librarians |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ924098 |