RA for Librarians
A place to test and share ideas, projects, notes, etc. Designed for librarians who provide Readers Advisory services.RA Professional Development
Page modified: November 1, 2009
ALA | Online Readers' Advisory 101
RA Current Awareness
William C. Robinson's class outline
Mark Page, Finder of Lost Books, in: The Mystery that Wasn’t There
David Wright on RA current awareness - RUSA Quarterly
Bibliography
- RA Tools:
Readers Advisory Tools for Adults: A Five-Year Retrospecitve Selected Bibliography, With a Few Earlier Exceptions - Mary K. Chelton (August 2005). Includes print and online resources.
They Wrote the Book . . .
- Nancy Pearl - Book Lust
- Genreflecting
- Joyce Saricks - RA Resources
How To:
- Bookbitch: RA Advice
- LIScareer.com
Readers’ Advisory: You Can Do It! By Nancy Larrabee - Infopeople Workshop (04)
- Mark Page, Finder of Lost Books, in: The Mystery that Wasn’t There
David Wright on RA current awareness - RUSA Quarterly - ORE Module - RA
Ohio Reference Excellence on the Web was based on the ORE Manual, 2nd Edition, A Self-study Reference Course, developed by the Ohio Library Council's Reference and Information Services Division ORE Task Force. - RA Handouts
From Reader’s Advisory: The Complete Spectrum - A Focus on Fiction event With Mary K. Chelton & Duncan Smith. - Readers' Advisory 101
By Mary K. Chelton — November 1, 2003, LJ
A crash course in RA: common mistakes librarians make and how to avoid them - William C. Robinsons: RA work with Genre Fiction
Who: includes Michelle Boivenue-Fox, Julie Elliott,Jodie DeLamatre, Megan McArdle, Jessica Moyer, Troy Reed, Jackie Sasaki, Andrew Smith, Sharron Smith, Kaite Mediatore Stover, Ann Theis, Barry Trott, Rebecca Vnuk, Patrick Wall, Deborah T. Walsh, David Wright, Neal Wyatt...
What: A place to test and share ideas, projects, notes, etc. Designed for librarians who provide RA services.
Why: We live for RA.
When: In progress . . .
Website contact: Ann C. Theis, Collection Management Administrator, Chesterfield County Public Library
email: ann@overbooked.com or ra@readersadvisory.org
ALA Annual Program
Things That Go Bump in the Stacks: Whole Collection Advisory for Paranormal Fiction
Sunday 10:30-12:00
Speakers include: Charlaine Harris, Charlie Huston, Marjorie Liu, Neil Hollands
Best practices for helping patrons find paranormal materials they
can really sink their teeth into. Explore this
genre-spanning market with this program
that focuses on understanding the appeal
of the genre and helping fans find materials
throughout the library. Neil Hollands, librarian
and author of Read On…Fantasy Fiction will moderate a panel of authors and
experts discussing best practices, including
bestselling author Charlaine Harris (the
Southern Vampire series, the Aurora Teagarden
series).
Check out theprogram handouts.