Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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.
Research-Based Readers' Advisory
Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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.
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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
Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838990347
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
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.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838990347
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
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
Author: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838997198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
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.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838997198
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
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.
Ex Libris
Author: Michiko Kakutani
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0525574980
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout. “A book tailormade for bibliophiles.”—Oprah Winfrey “An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, Michiko Kakutani writes: “In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and historical eras. It can give us an understanding of lives very different from our own, and a sense of the shared joys and losses of human experience.” Readers will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (The Federalist Papers, The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Image, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale); classics of children’s literature (the Harry Potter novels, Where the Wild Things Are); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan. With richly detailed illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates, Ex Libris is an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0525574980
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout. “A book tailormade for bibliophiles.”—Oprah Winfrey “An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, Michiko Kakutani writes: “In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and historical eras. It can give us an understanding of lives very different from our own, and a sense of the shared joys and losses of human experience.” Readers will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (The Federalist Papers, The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Image, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale); classics of children’s literature (the Harry Potter novels, Where the Wild Things Are); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan. With richly detailed illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates, Ex Libris is an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever.
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels
Author: Francisca Goldsmith
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Graphic novels have found a place on library shelves but many librarians struggle to move this expanding body of intellectual, aesthetic, and entertaining literature into the mainstream of library materials.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Graphic novels have found a place on library shelves but many librarians struggle to move this expanding body of intellectual, aesthetic, and entertaining literature into the mainstream of library materials.
A Few Good Books
Author: Stephanie L. Maatta
Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub
ISBN: 9781555706692
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Offers information for librarians and library students on how to become an effective readers' advisor in a technological and multicultural society.
Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub
ISBN: 9781555706692
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Offers information for librarians and library students on how to become an effective readers' advisor in a technological and multicultural society.
Crash Course in Readers' Advisory
Author: Cynthia Orr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610698266
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610698266
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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 Genre Fiction
Author: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838909892
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838909892
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.
The Readers' Advisory Handbook
Author: Jessica E. Moyer
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910424
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A one-stop resource for all kinds of readers' advisory issues, including: how to advise patrons on all kinds of media, from fiction and nonfiction to audiobooks, graphic novels and even reference materials; how to provide services to senior citizens, teens and even readers who are incarcerated; how to handle author visits and book groups; how to enhance storytelling, even for adults; how to market and promote RA; and much more.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910424
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A one-stop resource for all kinds of readers' advisory issues, including: how to advise patrons on all kinds of media, from fiction and nonfiction to audiobooks, graphic novels and even reference materials; how to provide services to senior citizens, teens and even readers who are incarcerated; how to handle author visits and book groups; how to enhance storytelling, even for adults; how to market and promote RA; and much more.
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, Second Edition
Author: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838990657
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838990657
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.