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Dorothy M. Broderick
BornJune 23, 1929
Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 2011 (age 82)
Patchogue, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, librarian, college professor

Dorothy M. Broderick (June 23, 1929 – December 17, 2011) was an American writer, college professor, editor, and "a legend of YA librarianship".[1] She was co-founder and editor of VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates, a professional magazine for librarians concerned with services for children and youth.

Early life and education

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Broderick was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the daughter of Mary L. Broderick. She graduated from New Haven State Teachers College in 1953, and earned a master's in library science (MLS) from Columbia University in 1956. She completed a doctorate in library science (DLS) in 1971.[2] Her dissertation advisor was Frances E. Henne.[3]

Career

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Broderick was a librarian in Milford, Connecticut, and Hicksville, New York, as a young woman,[4] and at Western Reserve University[5] and the University of Wisconsin[6] after she earned her DLS.[7] She was the children's library consultant for the New York State Library.[8] She taught children's literature at Dalhousie University beginning in 1972. In 1977, she organized the first science fiction fan convention in Nova Scotia.[9]

Broderick was an active member of the American Library Association and of YALSA. Broderick spoke and wrote often on censorship issues,[10][11] and on the evolving nature of public libraries, especially for younger patrons.[12] "It is not enough just to have beautiful buildings," she said in her keynote address to the annual conference of the Arizona State Library Association in 1967.[13]

Publications

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Scholarship

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In addition to her books, and articles in scholarly journals such as The Bookmark,[8] Leisure,[14] Instructor,[15] Drexel Library Quarterly,[16] School Library Media Annual,[17] and Publishing Research Quarterly,[18] Broderick frequently wrote short opinion items for American Libraries,[10][19][20] School Library Journal,[21][22] Wilson Library Bulletin,[23] Collection Building,[24] The Phi Delta Kappan,[11] and Library Journal.[25][26][27] She was co-founder and editor of VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates, a professional magazine.[28] Her more distinctive writings were published as part of a posthumous festschrift edited by Anthony Bernier, The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy M. Broderick (2013).[29]

  • "On Quality Books for Children" (1961)[8]
  • An Introduction to Children's Work in Public Libraries (1965)
  • "I May, I Might, I Must" and "Problem Nonfiction" Brid (1969)[30]
  • "When the Censor Knocks..." (1971)[11]
  • Image of the Black in Children's Fiction (1972, based on her dissertation)[31][32]
  • Library Work with Children (1977)[33]
  • "Intellectual Freedom and Young Adults" (1978)[16]
  • Censorship, a Family Affair? (1979)[34]
  • "Adolescent Development and Censorship" (1983)[17]
  • "Focus on Youth: The Nonperson Gap in Public Library Collections" (1983)[24]
  • Building Library Collections (1985, with Arthur Curley)[35][36]
  • The VOYA Reader (1990, editor)[37]
  • "Reviewing Young Adult Books: The VOYA Editor Speaks Out" (1992)[18]
  • "Moral Conflict and the Survival of the Public Library" (1993)[38]
  • "Turning Library into a Dirty Word: A Rant" (1997)[39]
  • Serious about series: evaluations and annotations of teen fiction in paperback series (1998, edited with S. Makowski)
  • The VOYA Reader 2 (1998, edited with Mary K. Chelton)[40]

Books for younger readers

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  • Leete's Island Adventure (1962)[41]
  • Hank (1966)[42][43]
  • Training a Companion Dog (1967, illustrated by Haris Petie)[44]
  • Time for Stories of the Past and Present (1968, with May Hill Arbuthnot, illustrated by Rainey Bennett)
  • Time for Biography (1969, with May Hill Arbuthnot)[45]

Awards

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Personal life

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Broderick toured North America in a travel trailer with her dog Heidi in the early 1970s.[2] She lived with her partner, fellow librarian Mary K. Chelton.[48][49] Broderick died in 2011, at the age of 82, in Patchogue, New York.[1] Her typescript and proof for Hank are in the archives of the University of Minnesota Libraries.[50]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flowers, Sarah. "In Memoriam: Dorothy Broderick" YALSA Blog (December 19, 2011).
  2. ^ a b Commire, Anne (1973). Something about the author. [electronic resource]. Internet Archive. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8103-0058-3.
  3. ^ Frontiers of Library Service to Youth: Essays Honoring Frances E. Henne, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, School of Library Service (New York: Columbia University 1979).
  4. ^ Zander, Dick (1959-03-23). "LI Librarian Blasts 'Pressure', Quits". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). p. 7. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Lenhart, Harry Jr. (1964-10-25). "Librarian Speaks for Adult Reader, 12". The Plain Dealer. p. 32. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Librarian Institute at Madison". Manitowoc Herald-Times. 1970-02-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dorothy Broderick, 1929-2011" Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom 61(2)(March 2012): 56, 88.
  8. ^ a b c Broderick, Dorothy M. (April–May 1961). "On Quality Books for Children". The Bookmark. 20 (6): 155–162 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ Merril, Judith (1977-12-03). "Science Fiction Takes Off". The Windsor Star. pp. 138, 139, 140, 141. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b Broderick, Dorothy M. (1982). "Censors in Review Media". American Libraries. 13 (3): 168. ISSN 0002-9769. JSTOR 25625922.
  11. ^ a b c Broderick, Dorothy M. (1971). "When the Censor Knocks..." The Phi Delta Kappan. 52 (8): 462–464. ISSN 0031-7217. JSTOR 20372965.
  12. ^ "Library Consultant Urges Care in Choice of Children's Books". The Record. 1961-06-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Kuehlthau, Margaret (1967-04-06). "Speaker Claims Libraries Do Not Fulfill Functions; Must Change Program". Tucson Daily Citizen. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (June 1961). "The Personal Point of View". Leisure: Recreation and Cultural Development Magazine. 3 (2): 14–16 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Introducing Elementary Children to the Classics." Instructor 73 (1963): 50-52.
  16. ^ a b Broderick, Dorothy M. "Intellectual Freedom and Young Adults" Drexel Library Quarterly 14(1)(January 1978): 65-77.
  17. ^ a b Broderick, Dorothy M. "Adolescent Development and Censorship." School Library Media Annual 1 (1983): 43-53.
  18. ^ a b Broderick, Dorothy M. (March 1992). "Reviewing young adult books: the VOYA editor speaks out". Publishing Research Quarterly. 8 (1): 34–40. doi:10.1007/BF02680519. ISSN 1053-8801.
  19. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "ALA and the Legion of Decency" American Libraries 31, no. 6 (2000): 58-58.
  20. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1989). "Steps for Fighting Racism". American Libraries. 20 (2): 123–124. ISSN 0002-9769. JSTOR 25631466.
  21. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "The Newbery Award Is Not A Popularity Contest." Junior Libraries: Library Journal 85 (1960): 116-118.
  22. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1970). "The Conspiracy Against Youth. Who Speaks for Youth?". School Library Journal. 16 (5): 214–215.
  23. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Children's Book Selection for a World in Ferment." Wilson Library Bulletin (January 1962): 375-376.
  24. ^ a b Broderick, Dorothy (1983-01-01). "Focus on Youth: The Nonperson Gap in Public Library Collections". Collection Building. 5 (1): 33–35. doi:10.1108/eb023102. ISSN 0160-4953.
  25. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Librarians and Literature." Library Journal 85, no. 14 (1960): 2709-2712.
  26. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "On Misplaced Devotion." Library Journal 90, no. 2 (1965): 314-315.
  27. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Carping critics, instant experts." Library Journal 90, no. 16 (1965): 3690-3692.
  28. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "What is youth advocacy." VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates 1, no. 5 (1978): 20.
  29. ^ "SJSU SLIS Associate Professor Brings Young Adult Expertise to Two New Books". SJSU School of Information. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  30. ^ Moon, Eric (1969). Book selection and censorship in the sixties. Internet Archive. New York, Bowker. ISBN 978-0-8352-0205-3.
  31. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1973). Image of the Black in Children's Fiction. R. R. Bowker Company. ISBN 978-0-8352-0550-4.
  32. ^ Shaw, Spencer G. (October 1975). "Image of the Black in Children's Fiction by Dorothy M. Broderick". The Library Quarterly. 45 (4): 440–441. doi:10.1086/620443. ISSN 0024-2519.
  33. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1977). Library work with children. Internet Archive. New York : H. W. Wilson Co. ISBN 978-0-8242-0620-8.
  34. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. Censorship, a Family Affair?. American Library Association, 1979.
  35. ^ Curley, Arthur; Broderick, Dorothy M. (1985). Building Library Collections. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1776-0.
  36. ^ Curley, Arthur; Broderick, Dorothy M.; Bonk, Wallace John (1985). Building library collections. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1776-0.
  37. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M., ed. The VOYA Reader. Vol. 1. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
  38. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Moral conflict and the survival of the public library." American Libraries 24, no. 5 (1993): 447-448.
  39. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. "Turning Library into a Dirty Word: A Rant" Library Journal 122(12)(July 1997): 42-43.
  40. ^ Chelton, Mary K.; Broderick, Dorothy M. (1998). VOYA reader two. Internet Archive. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3460-6.
  41. ^ "Books and Authors". Grayson County News-Gazette. 1962-04-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1966). Hank. Internet Archive. New York : Harper & Row.
  43. ^ Arbuthnot, May Hill (1967-01-29). "Teacher in World of Teens". The Plain Dealer. p. 147. Retrieved 2024-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ^ Broderick, Dorothy M. (1965). Training a companion dog. Internet Archive. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall.
  45. ^ Arbuthnot, May Hill, and Dorothy M. Broderick, eds. Time for biography (Glenview, Ill.): Scott, Foresman, 1969.
  46. ^ "The Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award". University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  47. ^ Dorothy M. Broderick, Roll of Honor (1998); Freedom to Read Foundation.
  48. ^ "Dr. Mary K. Chelton". American Library Association. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  49. ^ "Mary K. Chelton Papers, 1968-2014". The American Library Association Archives. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  50. ^ "Collection: Dorothy M. Broderick Papers". University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
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