This paper uses qualitative, textual analysis of selected prominent contemporary young adult fantasy stories. These books – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Artemis Fowl, and Garth Nix's Lirael – in addition to creating captivating magical worlds, also depict a part of our every day world in their use of libraries as settings (in the case of Harry Potter and Lirael) and the use of computers for information seeking (as seen in Artemis Fowl). These images are examined for their portrayal of library use and other information seeking behaviors.
Conference proceeding
What's Harry Potter Doing in the Library? Depictions of Young Adult Information Seeking Behavior in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
IASL Report, 2004 from Aesop to e-book the story goes on, pp.73-82
International Association of School Librarianship (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
06/2004
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What's Harry Potter Doing in the Library? Depictions of Young Adult Information Seeking Behavior in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
- Creators
- Jennifer Burek Pierce - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- IASL Report, 2004 from Aesop to e-book the story goes on, pp.73-82
- Conference
- International Association of School Librarianship (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2004 Jennifer Burek Pierce. Reprinted with permission.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2004
- Academic Unit
- Library and Information Science; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983557574402771
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