%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:330 %A Yontz, Elaine %A la Peña McCook, Kathleen De %D 2004 %J Reference & User Services Quarterly %K & COMMUNITY CULTURAL DAUGHARTY, EDUCATIONAL FICTION; GEORGIA; Janice STUDENTS; States; UNITED cooperation; identity; school; %N 4 %P 292-293 %T Community, Identity, and Literature %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14079394&site=ehost-live %V 43 %X In southern Georgia, a partnership is working to foster a sense of regional identity among high school and college students using fiction by a local author. The project is titled Regional Identity: A Reading, Writing, and Regional Issues Project Using the Works of Janice Daugharty. Her published novels include Dark of the Moon, Necessary Lies, Paw Paw Patch, Earl in the Yellow Shirt, Whistle and Like a Sister. The setting for all of Daugharty's writings is her home county, fictionalized as Swanoochee County. She is writer-in-residence at Valdosta State University (VSU), a regional university of the University System of Georgia. The objectives of the project are to help community members and students recognized the relevance of their culture, gain a better sense of place and develop a stronger self-identity by learning more about their region through the works of Daugharty. Project activities are designed to unite several disparate segments of the community. The project, funded by the Georgia Humanities Council, is the brainchild of Deborah Davis, VSU librarian and archivist and Diane Howard, professor of English at VSU. As a result of her experiences, Davis readily affirms the value of collaborating with groups outside the library. %@ 10949054

@article{RefWorks:330, abstract = {In southern Georgia, a partnership is working to foster a sense of regional identity among high school and college students using fiction by a local author. The project is titled Regional Identity: A Reading, Writing, and Regional Issues Project Using the Works of Janice Daugharty. Her published novels include Dark of the Moon, Necessary Lies, Paw Paw Patch, Earl in the Yellow Shirt, Whistle and Like a Sister. The setting for all of Daugharty's writings is her home county, fictionalized as Swanoochee County. She is writer-in-residence at Valdosta State University (VSU), a regional university of the University System of Georgia. The objectives of the project are to help community members and students recognized the relevance of their culture, gain a better sense of place and develop a stronger self-identity by learning more about their region through the works of Daugharty. Project activities are designed to unite several disparate segments of the community. The project, funded by the Georgia Humanities Council, is the brainchild of Deborah Davis, VSU librarian and archivist and Diane Howard, professor of English at VSU. As a result of her experiences, Davis readily affirms the value of collaborating with groups outside the library.}, added-at = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Yontz, Elaine and la Peña McCook, Kathleen De}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ef753ba9edc282ae01455df95f5a35bc/critzo}, description = {test export from refworks}, interhash = {5e11559e93265be71431cee4be203ed8}, intrahash = {ef753ba9edc282ae01455df95f5a35bc}, isbn = {10949054}, journal = {Reference & User Services Quarterly}, keywords = {& COMMUNITY CULTURAL DAUGHARTY, EDUCATIONAL FICTION; GEORGIA; Janice STUDENTS; States; UNITED cooperation; identity; school;}, note = {M3: Article; Accession Number: 14079394; Yontz, Elaine 1 De la Peña McCook, Kathleen 2; Email Address: kmccook@tampabay.rr.com; Affiliation: 1: Associate Professor, Master of Library and Information Science Program, Valdosta State University 2: Distinguished University Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, Tampa; Source Info: Summer2004, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p292; Subject Term: EDUCATIONAL cooperation; Subject Term: COMMUNITY & school; Subject Term: CULTURAL identity; Subject Term: STUDENTS; Subject Term: FICTION; Subject Term: GEORGIA; Subject Term: UNITED States; People: DAUGHARTY, Janice; Number of Pages: 2p; Document Type: Article}, number = 4, pages = {292-293}, timestamp = {2008-12-27T17:35:03.000+0100}, title = {Community, Identity, and Literature}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14079394&site=ehost-live}, volume = 43, year = 2004 }