Should We Have Given Them What They Wanted? Chris Sloan.

Should We Have Given Them What They Wanted?

Chris Sloan

Courtyard at the Boston Public Library

Charles W. Robinson

Nora Rawlinson

The Notorious Book

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*Not M.C. Bob. Actual picture of M.C. Bob could not be obtained.

This gentleman has recently visited the library

Questions

• What is responsible for the change in types of materials with a high circulation rate between now and say, fifty years ago? Have the patrons’ interests changed?

• How do you anticipate this issue might progress as technology encompasses more and more facets of patron’s informational needs? What might libraries do to cope with this progression?

• The GTWTW plan did not have a huge impact on children’s literature- why is that do you think?

• What do you think of the concept of reader development? Is it

realistic for libraries to hope to engage readers in this way?