Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library explores how popular culture is used in academic libraries for collections, instruction, and programming, acknowledging the importance of students' interests and how these interests can be used to understand their information needs in unique and interesting ways. It demonstrates that academic libraries using popular culture find it to be an effective tool for instruction and programming, with chapters written by a variety of authors from different types of academic libraries. Readers will find well-known examples such as Hamilton: The Musical, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Black Panther, and Barbie, as well as lesser-known library applications of popular culture, such as cartoneras, zines, fantasy maps, gaming collectives, and paranormal walking tours.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 322 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library is a comprehensive book that explores the rationale for connecting pop culture to library services and offers a range of projects to get students into the library. The book describes the foundational basis for using popular culture and discusses how it ignites conversations between librarians and students, making the information relatable and the library staff, as well. The use of popular culture in the library setting acknowledges the importance of students' interests and how these interests can be used to understand their information needs in unique and interesting ways. By integrating popular culture into library collections, instruction, and programming, librarians present research and discovery in ways that connect with students and the broader community. This book demonstrates that academic libraries using popular culture find it to be an effective tool for instruction and programming. The editors are librarians who utilize popular culture in various ways to provide instruction and reinforce information literacy concepts in their own practice. Readers will find chapters written by a variety of authors from different types of academic libraries, including community colleges, comprehensive universities, research universities, and law schools. These unique perspectives offer readers different ways of thinking about how librarians can incorporate students' interests in popular culture to promote the mission of the library. In addition to well-known examples such as Hamilton: The Musical, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Black Panther, and Barbie, readers will also encounter lesser-known examples such as The Hunger Games, Stranger Things, and The Office. Overall, Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library is a valuable resource for librarians and anyone interested in using popular culture to enhance library services and promote information literacy.

Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library: A Comprehensive Guide to Connecting Pop Culture to Library Services

Library Journal has praised "Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library" as a comprehensive book that provides valuable information on the rationale for connecting pop culture to library services and offers a range of projects to get students into the library. The book explores how popular culture is used in academic libraries for collections, instruction, and programming, and describes the foundational basis for using popular culture. It also discusses how it ignites conversations between librarians and students, making the information relatable and the library staff, as well. The use of popular culture in the library setting acknowledges the importance of students' interests and how these interests can be used to understand their information needs in unique and interesting ways. By integrating popular culture into library collections, instruction, and programming, librarians present research and discovery in ways that connect with students and the broader community. This book demonstrates that academic libraries using popular culture find it to be an effective tool for instruction and programming. The editors are librarians who utilize popular culture in various ways to provide instruction and reinforce information literacy concepts in their own practice. Readers will find chapters written by a variety of authors from different types of academic libraries, including community colleges, comprehensive universities, research universities, and law schools. These unique perspectives offer readers different ways of thinking about how librarians can incorporate students' interests in popular culture to promote the mission of the library. In addition to well-known examples such as Hamilton: The Musical, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Black Panther, and Barbie, readers will also encounter lesser-known examples such as The Hunger Games, Stranger Things, and The Office. Overall, "Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library" is a valuable resource for librarians and anyone interested in using popular culture to enhance library services and promote information literacy.

Weight: 431g
Dimension: 230 x 151 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538159415