Abstract

Kansas State University possesses a collection of juvenile literature to aid Education and English Department programs. K-State is also the university with the largest military population in the state. It was discovered that several famous children’s authors were military veterans. Building upon this research, over 160 children’s authors who served in the military were identified. K-State Libraries NEH Endowment Committee funded the curation of a military veteran children’s literature collection, the only known academic library to possess such a collection. The collection enabled the libraries to provide outreach through access to the materials, internet resources, and special collections exhibits.

摘要

堪萨斯州立大学拥有一系列青少年文学作品，以帮助教育和英语系课程。K-State 也是该州军人人数最多的大学。人们发现，几位著名的儿童作家都是退伍军人。在这项研究的基础上，确定了 160 多名在军队服役的儿童作家。K-State 图书馆 NEH 捐赠委员会资助了一个退伍军人儿童文学收藏的策展，这是唯一拥有此类收藏的已知学术图书馆。馆藏使图书馆能够通过访问材料、互联网资源和特殊馆藏展品来提供外展服务。