Curation in translation: promoting global citizenship through literature. School Libraries Worldwide.n Volume 20, Number 1, January 2014
by Kasey L. Garrison, Charles Sturt University, Australia
and
Danielle E. Forest & Sue C. Kimmel, Old Dominion University, USA
As curators of the school library collection, librarians
ensure the resources they select are of high quality and that they meet students' social needs,
including diverse perspectives representative of our world and supportive of global citizenship skills and
dispositions. The Mildred L. Batchelder Award given to English translations published in the
United States is an option for librarians seeking such cultural diversity for their collections.
Using the United Nations’ Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959), this research identifies the
strong potential these titles hold for engaging youth and promoting global citizenship.
