"Do you have anything else like this?”
We call them read-a-likes or recommended reads. In our public libraries, librarians are often called on to make recommendations to patrons, sometimes in genres that they normally would not read.
The key to this is to be able to discuss with your patron the attraction of the book(s) you are recommending. Readers’ advisory is defined as, “patron-oriented library service for adult leisure readers,” according to Saricks, a noted expert on the subject.
Joyce G. Saricks retired in 2004 from the Downers Grove, Illinois, Public Library where she started in 1977. As Literature and Audio Services Coordinator in 1983, Saricks, along with colleague Nancy Brown, created a readers’ advisory service there and went on to present more than 100 workshops on the subject for public libraries and systems, and at library conferences. The award-winning librarian received the Public Library Association’s Allie Beth Martin Award in 1989, was named Librarian of the Year by the Romance Writers in 2000, and authored Reader's Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (ALA Editions, 2001).
In NOVELISTPLUS , a databass found on the PamunkeyRegionalLibraryWebsite, there is a tutorial on exactly what Readers Advisory is. Check out the many ways you can explore the different genres available to whomever is open to reading outside their norm.
Monday, October 13, 2008
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