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Library Journal Reviews — Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development Nancy Pearl's Book Reviews Bookreporter.com | Mostly Fiction Book Reviews Five Libraries Collaborate On Reader’s Advisory Project | Finding Heroes Five libraries (four in Queensland and one in New Zealand) collaborated to create Beyond The Lavender Keeper Reading Map in recognition of of Australia’s 2013 Get Reading Campaign. Click on the image to read the booklet The challenge was to produce a reading map of The Lavender Keeper to coincide with a visit to four Queensland public libraries by author Fiona McIntosh in mid-September as part of Australia’s 2013 Get Reading Campaign. The project began six weeks ago when Alison Miles from CityLibraries Townsville asked if I was interested in doing another reading map (see our previous collaborative reading map Beyond Chocolat) along with three other librarians – Jo Beazley from Toowoomba Regional Libraries, Louise Pieper from Gold Coast Libraries, and Tina Cavanough from Moreton Bay Region Libraries – who were all hosting Fiona McIntosh at their libraries within the same week. The reading map design further dictated the number of titles selected and the amount of content per title.
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Readers Read(TM) -- Book News and Resources HuffPost Books Readers’ Advisory Resources: Beyond Lists | wrapped up in books A colleague and I were asked to present at the RT Book Convention in a session intended for librarians and booksellers. This post is adapted from a portion of our presentation. I love talking books with people. It’s my favorite part of my job. I often make lists—grocery lists, to-do lists, wish lists—but plain, old book lists, while instructive and useful, can be kinda boring. Flowcharts are great to organize information with complex relationships and tiered groupings. For example, The Hunger Games has multiple appeal factors. Around the time The Hunger Games movie went into production a number of new releases started being touted as read-alikes. The wild popularity of The Hunger Games also shed a new light on older titles that had been published prior to The Hunger Games. See: So You Liked The Hunger Games...What Should You Read Next? A chart format might also encourage readers to branch out into a new area of interest. See: Humor in Young Adult Fiction Flowchart Design Spotting Trends
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