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A Content Analysis Of Cinderella Illustrated Storybooks Housed In The De Grummond Collection, Kimberly Smith
A Content Analysis Of Cinderella Illustrated Storybooks Housed In The De Grummond Collection, Kimberly Smith
SLIS Connecting
This study screened 71 “Cinderella” illustrated storybook titles housed in the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection and published from 1984-2004 for specific expressions of the animal helper theme—identified as “common incidents” by the sourcebook, Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants. The study sorted and classified the “Cinderella” illustrated storybook titles into three major groups—Traditional, Multicultural, and Alternative—and further classified the Multicultural storybooks as African-American, Anglo-American, Asian, European, Latino, Middle Eastern, and Asian. It determined which of these storybooks most commonly made use of the animal helper theme variant. The results of the study revealed that the “Cinderella” illustrated …
Employment Opportunities For New Academic Librarians: Assessing The Availability Of Entry Level Jobs, Eamon Tewell
Employment Opportunities For New Academic Librarians: Assessing The Availability Of Entry Level Jobs, Eamon Tewell
Brooklyn Library Faculty Publications
This study examines the availability of entry level positions in academic libraries to better illuminate the status of the job market for current students and recent graduates of Library & Information Science programs. Over a twelve month period from 2010—2011, 1385 job advertisements were collected, with content analysis methods used to evaluate each advertisement by level of position, institution type, location, department, and job type. Findings revealed one-fifth of jobs advertised to be entry level, with seventy percent of all positions offered by universities, and public services accounting for more than sixty percent of entry level employment opportunities. Further research …