Research-Based Readers' Advisory

Research-Based Readers' Advisory
Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2008-03-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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Contains twelve essays that provide critical reviews of existing research on readers' advisory services in the library as they apply to different library materials and types of patrons, each followed by comments by a practicing librarian and readers' advisor.

The Readers' Advisory Handbook

The Readers' Advisory Handbook
Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2010-03-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838990347

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Covering everything from getting to know a library’s materials to marketing and promoting RA, this practical handbook will help you expand services immediately without adding costs or training time.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
Author: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838997198

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This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres.

Reading Matters

Reading Matters
Author: Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals and monographs, as well as their own research findings, the authors shatter some of the popular myths about reading and offer a cogent case for the library's vital role in the life of a reader.

Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library

Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library
Author: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction in libraries
ISBN: 9780838908976

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Crash Course in Readers' Advisory

Crash Course in Readers' Advisory
Author: Cynthia Orr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1610698266

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One of the key services librarians provide is helping readers find books they'll enjoy. This "crash course" will furnish you with the basic, practical information you need to excel at readers' advisory (RA) for adults and teens. The question "can you recommend a good book?" can be one of the most daunting you face, notwithstanding the fact that recommender tools are ubiquitous. Often, uncertainty arises because, although librarians are called on to perform such services daily, readers' advisory is a skill set in which most have no formal training. This guide will remedy that. It is built around understanding books, reading, and readers and will quickly show you how to identify reading preferences and advise patrons effectively. You'll learn about multiple RA approaches, such as genre, appeal features, and reading interests and about essential tools that can help with RA. Plus, you'll discover tips to help you keep up with this ever-changing field. There is no other professional book that covers the full spectrum of skills needed to perform the RA service that is in such great demand in libraries of all kinds. Helping readers find what they want is a sure way to serve patrons and build your library's brand. You will come away from this easy-to-understand crash course with the solid background you need to do both.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction
Author: Neal Wyatt
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2007-05-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838909362

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Navigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!

Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens

Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens
Author: Penny Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010-04-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1598843885

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This complete guide to youth readers' advisory covers genres, reading interests, and issues, as well as provides lists of sample titles and recommended reading. Finding children and 'tweens great books to read is still a key library service, even in the age of computers. Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens is an easy-to-use, practical guide that will help any library staff member become more comfortable offering this service—and more adept at producing satisfying results. Beginning with basic advice on the readers' advisory interview, the book details how to find books for different age groups, including young children and their parents, emergent readers, transitional readers, and adept readers. It explores genre fiction for 'tweens, nonfiction, poetry and folklore, and graphic novels, and it offers techniques on promoting books and reading. Potentially sensitive issues such as book challenges, assisting English language learners, serving children from various cultures, working with teachers, and helping reluctant readers are addressed, as well. The advice is augmented with handy booklists and descriptions of dozens of websites that aid in youth readers' advisory.

Reading Still Matters

Reading Still Matters
Author: Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440855773

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Drawing on scholarly research findings, this book presents a cogent case that librarians can use to work towards prioritization of reading in libraries and in schools. Reading is more important than it has ever been—recent research on reading, such as PEW reports and Scholastic's "Kids and Family Reading Report," proves that fact. This new edition of Reading Matters provides powerful evidence that can be used to justify the establishment, maintenance, and growth of pleasure reading collections, both fiction and nonfiction, and of readers' advisory services. The authors assert that reading should be woven into the majority of library activities: reference, collection building, provision of leisure materials, readers' advisory services, storytelling and story time programs, adult literacy programs, and more. This edition also addresses emergent areas of interest, such as e-reading, e-writing, and e-publishing; multiple literacies; visual texts; the ascendancy of young adult fiction; and fan fiction. A new chapter addresses special communities of YA readers. The book will help library administrators and personnel convey the importance of reading to grant-funding agencies, stakeholders, and the public at large. LIS faculty who wish to establish and maintain courses in readers' advisory will find it of particular interest.

The Readers' Advisor's Companion

The Readers' Advisor's Companion
Author: Kenneth D. Shearer
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1563088800

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Some of the most noted authorities, outspoken advocates, and stellar practitioners have come together to offer you their insights and ideas on readers' advisory services. Through 16 timely articles, luminaries Joyce Saricks, Duncan Smith, Wyane Wiegand, Catherine Sheldrick Ross, and others cover such topics as keeping teens reading, readers' advisory for recreational nonfiction, capitalizing on today's best readers' advisory tools, and recent research findings. An essential read for RA practitioners, this volume will also be of interest to faculty and students of library and information science.