1. Reaching New Heights in Readers’ Advisory
PaLA Conference, October 2016
Wendy Bartlett
Collection Development and Acquisitions Manager
Cuyahoga County Public Library

2. Appeal Factors Are History; Get to Know Your Reader Instead
Start a conversation;
do a reference interview;
make it FUN and convenient;
be yourself;
READ WILDLY !!!!!!!
turn your patrons on to great reads!

3. Personalized Service in an Impersonal Era
My Librarian—Multnomah County Library (Portland, Oregon)
Book Squad—Lawrence, Kansas Public Library
Bookfix—Darien Connecticut Public Library
Read Intuit—Cuyahoga County Public Library: Recommendations.aspx
Indie Bookstores—postcards, bookseller staff picks, etc.

4. Administrators: This slide’s for you
Give them free books and book related gifts
Reward them for reading: start a Gold Star program!
Subscribe to book related periodicals for the staff room only, including People and Entertainment Weekly
Set a good example—sign your s with “Currently Reading Such and Such”
Ask your employees what they are reading

5. Button UP!

6. “Must Have” RA tools
CCPL’s What to Read ( Read/Reading-Recommendations.aspx )
Librarything.com
Goodreads.com (Amazon will love you for it!)
Ramapo Catskill Library System—Resources/LibGuides/Readers Advisory:
Novelist Plus

7. Invest in Yourself as a Reader
READ WILDLY!!!!
Take Ten: that’s 5o minutes every work week
Are you IN a book club?
Sell your TV
Read the New York Review of Books and the New York Times Book Review cover to cover
Take six week sabbaticals from Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat
Take Reading Vacations
Talk to people about books everywhere you go

8. Notes

9. Bibliography
Anderson, Stephanie, et al. “Trends and Directions in RA Education.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. Spring 2016, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p
Anwyll, Rebecca, et al. “Social Media and Readers’ Advisory.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. Winter 2013, Vol.53, Issue 2, p
Brendler, Beth M. “Blurring Gender Lines in Reader’s Advisory for Young Adults.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. Spring 2014, Vol. 53, Issue 3, p
Dankowski, Terra. “How Digitalized Readers’ Advisory Stays Personalized.” American Libraries, 1 September, 2016.
Haimerl, Amy. “The Neighborhood Bookstore’s Unlikely Ally? The Internet.” New York Times, 5 October, 2016.
Johnson, Abby. “Reading Wildly: One Library Staff’s Journey Toward Excellent Readers’ Advisory.” American Libraries, 31 March, 2014.
Schwartz, Meredith. “The Personal Touch.” Readers’ Advisory, Library Journal. 12 October, 2015.
Smith, Duncan. “Readers’ Advisory.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. Summer 2015, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p

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