"""How did we get here?"" An examination of the collection of contemporary Caribbean juvenile literature in the children's library of the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago and Trinidadian children's responses to selected titles"

This study investigates the West Indian Juvenile collection of Caribbean children's literature housed at the Port of Spain Children's Library of the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago to determine its characteristics and contents, and to elicit the responses of a group of children, aged 11 to 13, to selected works from the collection. A variety of qualitative data collection techniques were employed including document analysis, direct observation, interviews with staff, and focus group discussions with student participants. Through collection analysis, ethnographic content analysis and interview analysis, patterns in the literature and the responses received were extracted in an effort to construct and offer a 'holistic' view of the state of the literature and its influence, and suggest clear implications for its future development and use with children in and out of libraries throughout the region.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library and Information Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Huggins, Sujin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jenkins, Christine A.
• Smith, Linda C.
• Harris, Violet J.
• Regis, Louis

• Caribbean
• West Indian
• Children's literature
• Juvenile literature from the Caribbean
• Caribbean children's literature
• West Indian children's literature
• Indigenous children's literature
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Reader response research
• Collection analysis
• Ethnographic content analysis

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2012 Sujin Huggins

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42367

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/42367