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  • Note from the Editors

The material in this bibliography is a selection from the approximately 1,700 items in Children's Literature Abstracts No. 84, Spring 1994 through No. 88, Spring 1995 (pre-1995 items only). With apologies to our abstracters, we have had to cut the text of most abstracts, particularly those for books, and we have omitted essay reviews of books that have appeared in previous bibliographies. We have also excluded, for the most part, material in foreign languages; the exception is French because it is a language familiar to many of our readers. We have also omitted much Australian and English material that docs not refer to particular authors.

Due to financial considerations, the growth of our field, and the increased time involved in cutting Children's Literature Abstracts to fit our format, the Summer Quarterly bibliography is at a crossroads. Its inclusion over the last six years has been the loving gift of Gillian Adams, also editor of the Abstracts, who has sought to give the Association a convenient annual bibliography in this now-familiar form. We would seek to find new ways to handle the increasing amount of work to keep this tradition going, but there arc larger issues involved. If the Quarterly remains the same length, yet the number of entries is substantially longer, as is the case this year, then our bibliography is substantially less complete than bibliographies in the past. At a time when international indexes are in a planning stage, but not yet a reality, it may be important to keep the Quarterly bibliography in place during a transitional period, but, again, it might be more desirable for all of us simply to subscribe to the Abstracts and use our journal space for articles instead. An alternative is to split the bibliography and take up more of the space usually devoted to articles in other Quarterly issues. Your views as users of the Quarterly bibliography arc needed: is having the bibliography in a one-volume format as part of your membership fee a resource you value?

In the meantime, you can access the abstracts in print by consulting Children's Literature Abstracts or on line through the NlightN collection of databases. Children's Literature Abstracts and the International Federation of Library Associations have signed a contract with The Library Corporation to make the abstracts available on the Internet for a minimal fee, and the disks for 1995 were sent to them in March. As of this writing, Children's Literature Abstracts 1995 is not yet on line, but it should appear in the near future. The Internet address is http://WWW.NlightN.com. It is also possible for libraries to subscribe to the database; they should contact The Library Corporation, NlightN, 1807 Michael Faraday Court, Reston, VA 22090; 1-800-654-4486.

We again owe our thanks to the International Federation of Library Associations and their abstracters, particularly John Adams, A.K.D. Campbell, Colin Ray, and Sheila Ray, the Associate Editor of Children's Literature Abstracts, for those abstracts not by members of the Children's Literature Association. We urge our readers to let us know about books and articles that they have published that do not appear in journals devoted to children's literature; an author abstract will suffice if you prefer not to send an offprint or xerox copy. An offprint or xerox copy of articles not in the standard U.S. children's literature journals that you would like to have considered for the Article Award should be sent directly to Judith John, English Department, Southwest Missouri State U, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65804. Books to be considered for the Book Award should go to Suzanne Rahn, 8052 Meridian N., Seattle, WA 98103. Please send books for review to our review editor, Susan Gannon, at the address listed on the masthead. Articles and books by ChLA members will continue to be given the highest priority for inclusion in future bibliographies.

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