This bibliography accompanies my article on the Carnegie Medal as a focus for the emerging field of children’s librarianship in Youth Library Review (2017). The article is a very brief set of thoughts, but I’m looking forward to returning to this topic in more depth in the future.
In addition to these print sources, I am indebted to Seven Stories: the National Centre for Children’s Books, who now hold Eileen Colwell’s papers. These were invaluable in helping me to identify Colwell’s various publications on the subject of the Carnegie Medal.
I’m keen to hear from those involved in the Carnegie Medal over the years – do comment here or email me at lucy.pearson@ncl.ac.uk if you have thoughts you’d like to share.
Works Cited
Colwell, Eileen, ‘Association of Children’s Librarians’, New Zealand Libraries 8 (March 1945)
Colwell, Eileen, ‘Correspondence: The L.A. Carnegie Medal’, The Library Association Record 46 (January 1944), pp. 14-15
English, James, The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and the Circulation of Cultural Value (Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, UK : Harvard University Press, 2005)
Sayers, W.C. Berwick, The Children’s Library: A Practical Manual for Public School, and Home Libraries (London: Routledge, 1912)
Sayers, W.C. Berwick, A Manual of Children’s Libraries (London: Allen & Unwin, 1932)
Carnegie Medal Project 