Abstract

Children’s and Young Adult books are an anomaly in many academic libraries and their presence is often overlooked or ignored. In particular, the dust jackets and other paratextual elements are often considered to be ephemeral and not worth preserving for the long term. However, a growing body of research based in the work of Gerard Genette’s theories about paratext show that these elements are vitally important in literacy development to the readers of these books. This paper points to the importance of retaining and preserving all parts of the paratext, in particular the dust jackets and book covers, and advocates for changes in many current library policies that would encourage the preservation of paratext in these books.

摘要

儿童和青少年书籍在许多学术图书馆中属于异常现象，它们的存在经常被忽视或忽视。特别是，防尘套和其他副文本元素通常被认为是短暂的，不值得长期保存。然而，越来越多的基于杰拉德热内特关于副文本的理论的研究表明，这些元素对于这些书的读者的读写能力发展至关重要。本文指出保留和保存副文本所有部分的重要性，特别是防尘套和书籍封面，并倡导改变许多当前的图书馆政策，以鼓励在这些书籍中保存副文本。