• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2012

This study analyzes the availability of access features in children's non-fiction as compared to their prevalence in adult non-fiction because such features are an important part of the research process increasingly demanded of younger and younger students in schools. Access features studied include: table of contents, index, bibliography, endnotes/footnotes, glossary, and suggestions for further reading list. This study found that children's non-fiction books were less likely to include bibliographies or endnotes, but more likely to include glossaries or suggested reading lists. Tables of contents and indexes were the two most popular access features in each section. Results are divided by Dewey Decimal Classification classes.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.7-21
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• 2021

The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey which investigated the reading preferences of secondary school students in Nigeria during the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. A hundred secondary school students in Ile- Ife and Ilesa in Osun State, Nigeria were the study respondents. Close ended self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data. Of the one hundred questionnaire which were applied to the study respondents, ninety-three were retrieved. Data obtained were analyzed using simple frequencies and percentages. The study established that majority of respondents were not pressured to read but read for pleasure. Preference for a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books which was read for purposes ranging from academic, social, relaxation and information was indicated by respondents. Availability of reading materials determined reading preference of majority of respondents as many could not afford to access electronic books whether free or not. The researchers recommended that different types of reading materials that suit the reading preferences and meet the diverse purpose of reading should be provided for the secondary school students during lockdown to improve their reading habits. Public libraries should function during this lock down period within the guidelines of the appropriate health authorities, while school libraries should be equipped to offer virtual services during the lockdown and the students should be exposed to e-books for their reading pleasure.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2012

This study analyzes gender bias in children's informational books about science and science careers to determine how these early resources are affecting the disparity between males and females in science and engineering fields. The study focused on the number of male and female scientists both in pictures and text, and how much space was devoted to discussion of scientists of each gender. Overall, the findings of the study show that only 18% of the pictured scientists were female as well as only 16% of the scientists discussed in the text. These numbers are below current industry data that puts the number of females working in science and engineering fields at 26%.

• 한국비블리아학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.105-123
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• 2016

본 연구는 영국, 미국, 우리나라에서 많이 사용되는 독서치료 도서목록에 수록된 성인 대상 독서치료용 도서의 스펙트럼을 분석한다. 영미권 독서치료 도서목록이 독서치료를 주관하는 기관이나 단체에 따라 구성상의 다양성을 보이는 것에 비해 우리나라의 성인용 독서치료 도서는 주관 기관에 따른 차이 없이 논픽션이 압도적인 비중을 차지한다. 세부적인 카테고리에서 영미권 대학 및 공공기관의 독서치료 추천도서목록에서 가장 높은 순위를 차지하는 논픽션 도서는 의학 서적을 포함하는 "건강, 운동, 다이어트" 관련 도서이며, 이것은 이들 기관에서 독서치료가 임상적 치료 효과가 있는 어느 정도 전문적인 영역으로 인정받고 있음을 보여준다. 반면에 우리나라의 독서치료 도서목록에 수록된 도서들은 인문(심리), 자기계발, 문학(에세이) 등 이른바 "자기계발 이데올로기와 결합한 심리학 서적"이 60% 이상을 차지한다. 연구자는 독서치료가 정신의학, 심리학, 문헌정보학, 인문학적 배경을 바탕으로 하는 학제적 실천이라는 인식 하에, 독서치료가 인문학적 통찰에 의존함으로써, 참자가들에게 단순히 책을 읽고 문제적 상황이나 증상 이전의 상태를 회복하게 하는 것이 아니라 삶과 세계에 대한 깊은 성찰을 통하여 내적으로 성숙한 인간으로 변모하는 데 도움을 주어야 한다고 제안한다.