The Readers' Advisory Handbook (ePuB) : Creating a Nexus at Your Library.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780838999028Subject(s): Readers' advisory services -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Readers' Advisory Handbook (ePuB) : Creating a Nexus at Your LibraryDDC classification: 361.0285 LOC classification: ZOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Getting to Know Your Materials -- 1. How to Read a Book in Ten Minutes -- 2. Nonfiction Speed Dating -- 3. How to Listen to a Book in Thirty Minutes -- 4. How to Read a Graphic Novel in Five Minutes -- 5. Keeping Up: Genre Studies as Continuing Education -- Part 2: Reviewing and Evaluating Materials -- 6. Reviews and Annotations for Fiction and Nonfiction -- 7. Reviewing Audiobooks -- 8. How to Review Graphic Novels and Manga -- 9. Reviewing and Evaluating Reference Materials -- Part 3: Marketing, Promoting, and Sharing Materials -- 10. Passive Readers' Advisory: Bookmarks, Booklists, and Displays -- 11. Creating Themed Booklists -- 12. Read-Alikes -- 13. Book Group Kits -- 14. Taking Readers' Advisory Online -- Part 4: Programming -- 15. Book Groups -- 16. How to Host Author Events -- 17. Adult Storytime -- Part 5: Expanding Readers' Advisory Services -- 18. Readers' Advisory by Proxy for Teens -- 19. Readers' Advisory for older Adults -- 20. Readers' Advisory for Incarcerated Populations -- 21. Suggesting Adult Books to Teen Readers -- 22. Suggesting Teen Books to Adult Readers -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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