Meeting the Information Needs of Children and Young Adults: Basing Library Media Programs on Developmental States.

Kuhlthau, Carol Collier

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Publication Date: 1988

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Meeting the Information Needs of Children and Young Adults: Basing Library Media Programs on Developmental States.

Kuhlthau, Carol Collier

Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, v2 n1 p51-57 Fall 1988

Discusses the possible benefits of basing library media programs on the information need exhibited in different developmental stages of childhood and adolescence. Four developmental stages are identified, and the appropriate library services for the information needs of each are discussed. (12 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role, Library Services, Piagetian Theory, School Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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