Eliza Timberlake Dresang (October 21, 1941 – April 21, 2014) was an American professor of

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who studied fundamental changes in children's literature because of digital format.Jacqueline N. Glasgow
"Radical change in young adult literature informs the multigenre paper"
''The English Journal'', vol. 92, no. 2, Multigenre Teaching (Nov., 2002), pp. 41-51 Dresang was the

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Professor in Children and Youth Services at the

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."Dr. Eliza T. Dresang appointed Beverly Cleary Professor in Children and Youth Services"
''Information School News'', University of Washington - Information School, June 18, 2008, retrieved 26-04-2009 She died on April 21, 2014, in Seattle."UW iSchool mourns passing of Dr. Eliza T. Dresang"
,''Information School News'', University of Washington - Information School, April 21, 2014, retrieved 22-04-2014

Career

Dresang received a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's degree in Library Science from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. In 1981, she earned a Ph.D. from the

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School of Library and Information Studies. While at the University of Wisconsin, Dresang worked with the UW–Madison Cooperative Children's Book Center. She also worked as the Director of Library Media and Technology for the Madison, Wisconsin Metropolitan School District and taught courses in children's and young-adult

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. Dresang taught at

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, where she was the Eliza Gleason Atkins Professor in the College of Information. In January 2009, Dresang assumed the Beverly Cleary Professorship in Children and Youth Services at the University of Washington Information School. Dresang was active with the

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. She served on the

Newbery Award The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...

Jane Addams Children's Book Award The Jane Addams Children's Book Award is given annually to a children's book published the preceding year that advances the causes of peace and social equality. The awards have been presented annually since 1953. They were previously given joint ...

Caldecott Award The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service ...

, and

Batchelder Award The Mildred L. Batchelder Award, or Batchelder Award, is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the publisher of the year's "most outstanding" children's book translated into English and published in the U.S. The M ...

Committees. Dresang published numerous papers and books. Her 1999 book ''Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age'' is cited for its "Radical Change Theory" which posits a positive fundamental shift in reading interaction for children because of digital books and hypertext formats.

Awards and recognition

*University of Wisconsin School of Library and Information Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Award 2001 *American Library Association Scholastic Library Publishing Award 2007"Dr. Eliza T. Dresang named 2007 Scholastic Library Publishing Award winner"
Press Release, American Library Association, April 17, 2007

Selected works

*Dresang, E.T. (1999). ''Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age''. H.W. Wilson, New York. *Dresang, E.T.(2003). "Controversial books and contemporary children," ''Journal of Children's Literature'', 29, pp. 20–31. *Dresang, E.T., Gross, M., & Holt, L.E. (2003). "Project CATE: Using outcome measures to assess school-age children's use of technology in urban public libraries: A collaborative research process," ''Library and Information Science Research'', 25, pp. 19–42. *Dresang, E.T. (2005). "The information-seeking behavior of youth in the digital environment," ''Library Trends'' 54, pp. 178–196. *Dresang, E.T. (2007). "New perspectives: an analysis of gender, net-generation children, and computers," ''Library Trends'', 56, pp. 360–386. *Dresang, E. T. (2008). Radical change revisited: Dynamic digital age books for youth. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8. Retrieved fro
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References

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