ACRL/EBSS Resources for Curriculum Materials Professionals

The work of collecting and sharing a bibliography of scholarly publications on curriculum materials centers was begun by Rita Kohrman, and since her retirement has been carried on by the EBSS Curriculum Materials Committee.  Below is a list of scholarly publications from the last ten years -- for a more extensive bibliography (that extends back to the 1930s), see the other pages. 

Ayton, K., & Capraro, K. (2021). Students Lead the Charge! Using Project-Based Learning with Preservice Teachers to redesign a Curriculum Resource Center. Education Libraries, 44, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v44i1.367

Browne, K. R. (2021). Children’s Folklore in the Academic Library: Reorganization for Context and Collection Management. Collection Management, 46(3/4), 190–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1896405

Butler, M., & Kvenild, C. (2014). Enhancing catalog records with photographs for a curriculum materials center. Technical Services Quarterly, 31(2), 122–138. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2014.875377

Cohn, S. B. (2022). Remote reading: a shelf list analysis of an academic library’s juvenile collection. Collection & Curation, 41(4), 125–132. https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-10-2021-0027

Correll, M., & Bornstein, J. (2018). Collaboration at the center: Librarian, faculty, and students partner to revive their curriculum lab. Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 6(1), 39–48. https://dx.doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2018.176

Fornwald, E., Delaurier-Lyle, K., Lacey, S., Traas, W., Marston, S., & Picollo, R. (2021). Repurposing problematic books into critical literacy kits. Collection Management, 46(3-4), 205-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1905576

Gelber, N., & Uhl, J. (2013). Managing a curriculum materials collection: One academic library experience. Collection Management, 38(1), 51-66. doi:10.1080/01462679.2012.731033

Godbey, S., & Melilli, A. (2021). Developing a P-12 English Language Learner Collection in an Academic Library That Reflects Its Community. Collection Management, 46(3/4), 273–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1910889

Grand Valley State University Libraries. (2017). Teaching future educators. Off the Shelf, 1(1), 7, Article 5. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=offtheshelf

Grimes, N. (2021). Real Men Read–A library led reading initiative program. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 28(1), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10691316.2021.1895018

Grimes, N. D., & Cohen, D. M. (2022). Power and possibilities of partnerships for schools and students. Knowledge Quest, 51(1), 36–43.

Harris, D. (2019). Lets’s get technical -- adding a new dimension to education: Creating a curriculum materials center. Against the Grain, 31(2), 60–61.

Herndon, K. (2021). Children’s Literature Archives and Special Collections Websites: A Webometric Content Analysis. New Review of Children’s Literature & Librarianship, 27(1), 49–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2021.1984742

Hill, J. (2021). Developing a University Children’s Collection for Pre-Service Teachers Using PLACID. Collection Management, 46(3/4), 291–302. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2020.1871145

Hoeve, C. D. (2021). From the Trenches to the Writer’s Desk: Establishing a Collection of Children’s Books Authored by Military Veterans in an Academic Library. Collection Management, 46(3/4), 323–331. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1891490

Hoffman, R. L. (2018). Building a curriculum materials center from the ground up: A practical approach. College & Research Libraries News, 71(9), 511–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.79.9.511

Homza, A., & Fontno, T. (2021). Supporting teacher candidates as social justice change-makers: A faculty-librarian collaboration for building and using diverse youth collections. In D. E. Hartsfield (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching diverse youth literature to pre-service professionals (pp. 398-421). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7375-4.ch020

Houdyshell, M. L., & Meyers-Martin, C. (2015). Just give us 10 minutes! A curriculum center takes its message on the road. College & Research Libraries News, 76(10), 537-539. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/10/537.full

Jax, J. (2013). Partnering with your community: DIY steps to construct a successful S.T.E.M.-based curriculum center. Poster presented at American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Retrieved from http://ala13.ala.org/files/ala13/ALA_Conference_handout%202013%20wREF.pdf

Kohrman, R. (2015). Current condition of Michigan curriculum materials centers and collections in academic institutions. Education Libraries, 38(1). Retrieved from http://educationlibraries.mcgill.ca/article/view/5

Kogut, A., D’Aveta, L., & Tabacaru, S. (2022). Assessment of Acquisition Methods for a Juvenile Literature Collection at a Research University. Collection Management, 47(2–3), 87–100. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1919270

Lear, B.A., & Schmit, K. M. (2015).  Frog and toad make friends: Cooperative development of preK-12 collections at a multicampus university. College and Research Libraries News, 70(10), 534-536, 543. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/10/534.full

Lehner-Quam, A., West, R. K., & Espinosa, C. M. (2020). Developing and teaching with a diverse children's literature collection at an urban public college: What teacher education students know and ways their knowledge can grow about diverse books. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639269.2017.1775762

Prince, J. J., & Boff, C. (2021). Creating a culture of readers through collection development and outreach. Collection Management, 46(3-4), 248-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2020.1859423

Schiller, E., Melin, J., & Bair, M. (2016). To kit or not to kit? Science and Children, 53(8), 61-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2505/4/sc16_053_08_61

Scripps-Hoekstra, L., & Hamilton, E. (2016). Back to the future: Prospects for education faculty and librarian collaboration thirty years later. Education Libraries, 39(1), Retrieved from http://educationlibraries.mcgill.ca/article/view/10

Strnad, B., & Hewitt, G. M. (2021). Reading a Book Through Its Cover: The Importance of Preserving Visual and Tactile Information in Children’s and Young Adult Literature in the Academic Library. Collection Management, 46(3/4), 332–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1907008

Teel, L. (2014). Transforming space in the curriculum materials center. Education Libraries,36(1), 4-14. Retrieved from http://education.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/36-1.pdf

Wanamaker, K., & Bestwick, A. (2022). Using Book Tasting in the Academic Library: A Tale of Children’s Literature, Collaboration, and an Increased Appetite for Books. Collection Management, 47(2–3), 179–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1965685

Williams, J. (2020). Form Subdivisions for Curriculum Materials. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 58(8), 769–788. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2020.1868645