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Match Book: Readers’ Advisory in the Public Library

Match Book: Readers’ Advisory in the Public Library. Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Southeast Wisconsin Libraries Kaite Mediatore Stover Director of Readers’ Services Kansas City Public Library. Rosenberg’s First Law of Reading:. Never apologize for your reading tastes.

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Match Book: Readers’ Advisory in the Public Library

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  1. Match Book:Readers’ Advisory in the Public Library Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Southeast Wisconsin Libraries Kaite Mediatore Stover Director of Readers’ Services Kansas City Public Library

  2. Rosenberg’s First Law of Reading: Never apologize for your reading tastes. Kaite’s mother’s corollary: Life’s too short to read bad books.

  3. The Readers’ Bill of Rights • The right Not to Read. • The right to Skip Pages. • The right to Not Finish. • The right to Reread. • The right to Read Anything. • The right to Escapism. • The right to Read Anywhere. • The right to Browse • The right to Read Out Loud. • The right Not to Defend Your Tastes.

  4. Why RA? • Over 60% of library users come to the library for leisure reading • Fiction is the lion’s share of that 60% • Get to know your patrons and collection and forge introductions for both • Francine Fialkoff, former editor of Library Journal “There is virtually NO SERVICE library users value more highly than the ability to match a book with a reader or to answer the question, ‘What do I read next?’ “

  5. Why NOT RA? “Reading opens the world. Readers’ Advisory is one of the best services a library can offer.” Tim Grimes, Asst. Administrator, Ann Arbor Public Library, ALA, July 1996.

  6. Why Readers Read What They Read: Understanding Appeal • Appeal elements describe the “feel” of a book • Art AND Science • Vocabulary of Appeal

  7. Appeal Factors • Pacing • Characterization • Story Line • Frame • Tone • Language • Style “Appeal elements take us beyond the bare bones provided by subject descriptors and reveal more of the book’s essence.” Joyce Saricks, Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library

  8. Appeal Factors • Character • Language • Setting • Story “I have come to think in terms of ‘doorways’…we enter the world that the author created through one of four doorways.” Nancy Pearl, Now Read This III

  9. Appeal Factors • Adrenaline • Emotions • Intellect • Landscape “A new and broader way to consider appeal and genre, a way that makes it easier to see links between books and genres.” Joyce Saricks, The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd edition.

  10. Annotations • The core of articulating appeal • Basics • Adjectives • Perceptions • Plot vs. Appeals

  11. How to read a book in 15 minutes With the book in front of you, look at: 1. Cover 2. Jacket blurb 3. Typeface 4. Heft 5. Read a sampling 6. Evaluate--genre/type; pace; clarity 7. What is the format? 8. Connect this book to other books. 9. Who will enjoy this book?

  12. Identifying a Book’s Appeal Now you do it! Using the book you brought with you, examine the cover, read the flyleaf and flip through the first couple of pages of each book. Quickly jot down some key thoughts about the book that would help you to suggest it to a reader.

  13. Libraries Are Still About Reading: The Readers’ Advisory Interview • Conversation • Suggest v. Recommend • Encourage returns

  14. Talk about books • With coworkers, friends, family, etc. • Practice using the elements of book appeal • Take notes on what others are reading

  15. The Reader Arrives • Readers’ Advisory is NOT like Reference • Authors you don’t know or like • Genres you don’t know or like • Patrons do not speak librarian • Drawing a blank

  16. Questions that will help • Tell me about a book you enjoyed. • Do you have an author you never miss? • Have you read anything you disliked lately? • Any biblio-limits to the amount of violence, profanity, or sex? • What kind of book are you in the mood for?

  17. Help the Reader find a book Now that you understand the appeal of a book, recommend one to the patron looking for something “good to read.”

  18. RA Web Resources The #1 Resource you shouldn’t be without NoveList • Amazon • Good Reads • Early Word • RA for All • Blogging for a Good Book • Fiction_L

  19. Keeping Current • Twitter Feeds • Blogs: Readers’ Advisor Online, Shelfrenewal • Other websites: Shelf Awareness, Books on the Nightstand, Citizen Reader, Indiebound

  20. Want further information? Go here: http://kaitestover.pbworks.com

  21. Afterword • Read • Talk • Share

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