Instructional Asides in Public Library Storytimes: Mixed-Methods Analyses with Implications for Librarian Leadership

Maria Cahill; Erin Ingram

doi:10.1080/01930826.2021.1906544

Instructional Asides in Public Library Storytimes: Mixed-Methods Analyses with Implications for Librarian Leadership

Maria Cahill, Erin Ingram

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Abstract

Joining a research-based trend in education, public library children’s librarians have begun to adapt and create programs designed to increase children’s early literacy and school readiness skills. Many libraries have invested in training which places an emphasis on using instructional asides in storytime programs to explain and demonstrate how caregivers can teach these important skills to children. Researchers conducted analyses of 68 storytime sessions and 34 librarian interviews to determine librarian’s uses of and attitudes toward asides. The analyses reveal a continuum of practices and perspectives with implications for the concept of leadership within the profession.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	421-438
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Library Administration
Volume	61
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2021.1906544
State	Published - 2021

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [Federal Award Identification Number: LG-96-17-0199-17].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

Public library
interviews
leadership
literacy
professional development
programming

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Public Administration
Library and Information Sciences

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