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Abstract:
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Children's literature – and I use the term in the broadest sense of the word, from picture
books for the very young to young adult literature – is a subject field that has always
been close to my heart. I became involved in the subject field by chance, just as I ended
up in Library and Information Science by coincidence. My background and interest have
always been history and heritage. However, I was fortunate enough to have two
formidable mentors during my undergraduate years in Potchefstroom: Professor TT
Cloete and Professor Carl Lohann. It was Professor Cloete who made me aware of the
existence of the subject field, Library and Information Science, and it was Professor
Lohann, who was the Head of the Department at that stage, who ignited my passion for
children's literature. |
