There doesn't seem to be an abstract, but the first paragraph does much the same job:
Library scholars have for many years debated whether college and university libraries should collect titles that are not strictly academic. The twenty-first century student expects a user-centered experience at the library, and that includes borrowing books to read in their leisure time. Though many libraries have embraced this trend by building popular titles collections, using rental plans for mainstream popular culture books, and embracing graphic novels and audiobooks, the genre of romance remains largely absent from academic bookshelves, both popular titles subsets as well as the larger collection. Presumably, selectors deem romance novels unworthy of placement in prestigious college libraries, or perhaps there is a personal bias towards the bodice-rippers many of us associate with the classic romance genre. However, the oft-maligned romance novel of yesteryear is no more. Contemporary romance deserves a place in academic libraries. While many library scholars have argued that popular culture, which includes romance novels and criticism, needs to be collected for future study, contemporary romance also deserves to have its place on the “popular” shelf. As students turn to the library to provide leisure material as well as academic material, a popular titles collection that features contemporary romance novels will catch students' attention. Romance has proven to be a popular genre for generations, and recently authors with diverse backgrounds are gaining traction in the competitive field. This new crop of romance novels is not only fun to read, but their characters are also representative of the cosmopolitan college campuses of the twenty-first century. Academic libraries need to be reflective of their student population's needs and wants, and that means providing recreational reading titles that encompass the society in which we live.
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Jansen observes that "There are many romance authors that write characters or represent people across the gender spectrum and from all backgrounds" (3) and I have listed some of the authors whose novels Jansen discusses at most length (mostly in the form of plot summaries) in the topic tags.
There doesn't seem to be an abstract, but the first paragraph does much the same job:
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Jansen observes that "There are many romance authors that write characters or represent people across the gender spectrum and from all backgrounds" (3) and I have listed some of the authors whose novels Jansen discusses at most length (mostly in the form of plot summaries) in the topic tags.