Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (Genreflecting Advisory Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1598848402 ISBN 13: 9781598848403

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2013

Synopsis

The gold standard for readers' advisory, this book represents an essential resource for LIS students and practicing librarians who want to better understand readers, reading interests, and fiction and nonfiction genres.

· Provides an outstanding introduction to readers' advisory service, updated to reflect changing trends in popular reading

· Serves as a textbook or supplementary text for classes regarding popular reading, readers' advisory service, or reference

· Helps readers' advisors identify read-alikes for patrons' favorite titles

About this title

About the Author

Cynthia Orr is a library consultant with over 30 years of experience in public libraries and editor of the Reader's Advisor Online Blog.

Diana Tixier Herald , winner of the Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award, is program and outreach manager at Delta County Libraries, Delta, CO, and an author, readers' advisory consultant, workshop presenter, and speaker.

Review

"Libraries looking to add a compact readers'-advisory training resource for staff that can do double-duty at the public service desk for patrons have a solid choice in this volume." - Booklist Online

"Current library workers in RA as well as today's library students will benefit from all that this book provides." - Library Journal

"Genreflecting remains a useful reference source for libraries, especially for public and school libraries." - ARBA

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1598848402
• ISBN 13: 9781598848403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 648
• Editor: Orr Cynthia, Herald Diana Tixier