The Reader's Advisor Online Blog » Tips and Fun Stuff http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog the blog for RA librarians Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Second Hand April Fool’s http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/01/second-hand-april-fools/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/01/second-hand-april-fools/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:00:32 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=12394 HarperCollins and S & S to share an apartment in Queens
  • Best Literary Hoaxes of All Time
  • A Roundup of Literary April Fool’s Jokes
  • James Patterson announces “continuous publishing plan;” “Matters apparently came to head, Publishers Weekly reported, after a confrontation between Patterson and his publisher in which Little, Brown told the author that they simply had no more printing or binding capacity and could not add any more of his titles to their list.”
  • American Library Association Aims to Eradicate Cluelessness by 2050; ““The only institution up to the task of eradicating cluelessness is public libraries. We originally set our goal at 2025, but an early survey of cluelessness in America revealed vast swaths of cluelessness.”
  • Williamsburg Regional Library: Justin Bieber;“Instead of offering reviews of print books, we will keep ourselves viable and relevant to the public by reviewing popular celebrities, politicians, and public figures.”
  • Saratoga Springs Public Library coffee shop lands a liquor license
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/01/second-hand-april-fools/feed/ 2     Booklists for the Rich and Famous http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/11/booklists-for-the-rich-and-famous/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/11/booklists-for-the-rich-and-famous/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:55:24 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=11444 The American Booksellers Association gave a selection of books to President Obama last month, as part of a gift of books for the White House Library. This gave me an idea for a little RA game. Here’s the gist of it:

    Choose a famous person and use your expertise to suggest books that they really should read. Here are a couple of examples to get you started:

    President Obama – Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard

    Glenn Beck – One of Us Must Be Crazy. . .and I’m Pretty Sure It’s You: Making Sense of the Differences That Divide Us by Tim Downs

    Any suggestions?

    ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/11/booklists-for-the-rich-and-famous/feed/ 0     RA in Libraries This Week http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/03/ra-in-libraries-this-week-6/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/03/ra-in-libraries-this-week-6/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:09:12 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=11300 NYPL branch tests the impact of book covers in a fun project
  • Chicago Public Library features Chicago fiction
  • Gloucester County Library’s (NJ) Need a Book service
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/03/ra-in-libraries-this-week-6/feed/ 2     RA in Libraries This Week http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/15/ra-in-libraries-this-week-5/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/15/ra-in-libraries-this-week-5/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:09:54 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=10122 Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library (NY) features thrillers for December
  • Corvallis-Benton County Public Library (OR) uses a form to offer online readers’ advisory help
  • Memphis brings in Nancy Pearl
  • San Diego County Library (CA) has multiple book clubs including teen book club, mystery book club, youth movie book club, book club for 4th and 5th graders, and more
  • Kansas City Public Library (MO) offers an adult winter reading club with the theme “Altered States”
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  • Seattle Public Library’s Reader’s Corner has What’s New and What’s Popular, and its blog Shelf Talk features Christmas Music for Grinches

  • San Jose Public Library’s Books and Media page offers staff picks in books, movies, and music
  • Geauga County (OH) Public Library offers autoholds
  • Grand Rapids (MI) Public Library blog features the Mayor’s Book Club
  • Morrill Public Library’s (Hiawatha, KS) blog covers books, music and movies and features Staff Picks and New Books
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/01/ra-in-libraries-this-week-4/feed/ 0     RA in Libraries This Week http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/23/ra-in-libraries-this-week-3/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/23/ra-in-libraries-this-week-3/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:43:58 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=9967 La Grange Park (IL) Public Library supports over 40 book clubs
  • London (Ontario) Public Library offers program to practice downloading ebooks
  • Mid-Continent Public Library (MO): Books, Movies, Music, Lists, Coming Soon and more
  • Montgomery County Public Library (MD) features books on order
  • Mooresville (IN) Public Library’s RA Blog sports 82 (so far) book trailers that they created themselves
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/23/ra-in-libraries-this-week-3/feed/ 0     RA in Libraries This Week http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/17/ra-in-libraries-this-week-2/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/17/ra-in-libraries-this-week-2/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:49:30 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=9823 Pasco County Library (FL) system highlights Book TV’s schedule
  • Brockton Public Library (MA) features links to best of 2010 lists
  • Merrick (NY) Library’s RA Blog this week features NPR book coverage and another blog on 10 Books to Read Before You Die
  • The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (NC) has celebrity book reviews and author podcasts
  • Cuyahoga County Public Library offers patrons two-way text communication for holds notices, renewals and questions
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  • RA Class Presentation by Josh Kitlas and Meghan Rae Dornbrock
  • Australian librarians’ RA wiki
  • Fayetteville Public Library
  • Plymouth District Library Teen Zone
  • Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/11/ra-in-libraries-this-week/feed/ 3     Personalized Reading Recommendation Services (URL list) http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/29/personalized-reading-recommendation-services-url-list/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/29/personalized-reading-recommendation-services-url-list/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:56:30 +0000 Sarah Statz Cords http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=7493 by Sarah Statz Cords

    A while back a fascinating discussion was had on Fiction-L about Personalized Reading List services, what libraries are offering them, and how this online form of RA is working out. Do read the discussion; but don’t forget to check out some of the actual services to see how different libraries are implementing them. We’ve compiled the list below (largely from the Fiction-L responses) but please do let us know if we’re missing some–we’ll happily update this list as a resource for library staff to have access to all the links at once.

    Carmel Clay Public Library (Indiana), Personalized Reading Lists:
    http://www.carmel.lib.in.us/ref/prl.cfm

    Edmonton Public Library–”Personalized Book Lists”:
    http://www.epl.ca/EPLReadersAdvisoryOnline.cfm

    Multnomah County Library–”Good Reads”:
    http://multcolib.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?mi=dcE8CQRX_keyMu7fZRMwmA

    North Kingstown Free Library:
    http://www.nklibrary.org/readersadvisory.html

    Salt Lake County Library Services–”Read-a-Like Booklist Request”:
    http://www.slcolibrary.org/rc/rcwr/forms/readALikeBooklistForm.htm

    Skokie Public Library–”BookMatch”:
    http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_read/rd_bookmatch/index.asp

    South Central Library System (Wisconsin)–”Book-Alikes”:
    http://www.scls.info/reference/reads/

    Williamsburg Regional Library (Virginia)–”Looking for a Good Book?”
    http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/RA/index.html

    Rocky River Public Library (Ohio)–”Reader’s Request”:
    http://www.rrpl.org/adult/readers_request.html

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    Or, as in my case, are we ready for some advertisements between the football playing? I must admit that I almost always watch the Super Bowl, although my team (Go Pack!) hasn’t made an appearance there for a while. My interest in this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIV will be primarily to see how the ads are, and to eat as much junk food as possible during the broadcast.

    This got me thinking. Of course, we won’t be seeing any, but wouldn’t it be awesome to see some ads for books during the Super Bowl? (There’s no event I don’t want to see books involved in, really.) So that’s the question as this week winds down: If you could advertise any book or author during the Super Bowl broadcast, what or who would it be, and why?

    My personal vote would be to advertise the books of biographer Mark Kriegel, who is the author of the nonfiction titles Namath: A Biography, and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich. I very rarely read sports biographies, but Kriegel’s books are masterpieces of both sports reporting and good solid storytelling. I very much hope to see more titles from him in the future, and I’ve always thought he doesn’t get enough attention as a writer. And, of course, I think his work might strongly appeal to football fans (whether they love or hate Joe Namath)!

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