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Libraries can make reading advocacy central to their work by communicating the transformational potential of reading in strategic priorities. #NoveListDayofLearning
#NoveListDayofLearning Track your impact through the stories you hear from readers.
Where I work we keep beautiful documents full of kudos from patrons for our personalized reading list service. They tell our story and remind us of how much this work is appreciated.
Where I work we keep beautiful documents full of kudos from patrons for our personalized reading list service. They tell our story and remind us of how much this work is appreciated.
The inimitable Duncan Smith sharing a brief history of readers’ advisory #NoveListDayofLearning
Duncan: RA can give the reader tools and language to articulate what they do and do not like and give them strategies to find more of what they like and deepen their reading experience as well as support readers in sharing their reading with others. #NoveListDayofLearning
“Remember that today’s problems come from yesterday’s solutions.”—Peter Senge.
“Keep up the great and life changing work you are doing.”—Duncan Smith, talking about impressed he is with our innovation over the last year
#NoveListDayofLearning
“Keep up the great and life changing work you are doing.”—Duncan Smith, talking about impressed he is with our innovation over the last year
#NoveListDayofLearning
RA Basics Renovated @RAforAll & Autumn Friedli on how to think like a reader #NoveListDayofLearning Moved from transactional based service to conversation based service
Evolution of RA service @RAforAll shift in emphasis #NoveListDayofLearning RA is 60% listening & 40% action and about anything patrons enjoy for leisure—books, audio, film, etc
RA tip: you don’t have to have read a book to suggest it #NoveListDayofLearning Listen to colleagues who read in different areas than you do—be honest and say a colleague loved it, don’t have to pretend you have read it. Create a culture of book sharing
Podcasts can help you learn about more books to suggest. Webinars like @NoveListRA Crash Course Webinars #NoveListDayofLearning
Creating relationships not tallying transactions. Dialog NOT monologue. Not always focusing on recommendation but the relationship, talking about books & not always focused on the match @RAforAll #NoveListDayofLearning
Fun “why” questions/conversation starters: What’s your least favorite book? What’s your fave recommend? Where do you get book recommendations for yourself? What’s the most fun you had reading a book in the last year? —Can also do this online @RAforAll #NoveListDayofLearning
The Art of the Handoff...could be a book or a resource. Focus on relationship not transaction #NoveListDayofLearning
Using the words/terms that a reader uses shows you are listening and using their input to make reading suggestions. They may not always like the selection but trying to show why we chose it based on what they have said about what they enjoy. Avoid jargon #NoveListDayofLearning
Inspiring all staff to help with building relationships with readers. @RAforAll All staff can be a part of core service. The more staff included, the more diverse your pool of suggestions. Also important as librarians predominantly white women—need more voices in this work
Don’t need to be a big L librarian to do RA. You just need to READ. That’s why @RAforAll named her blog in an inclusive way. #NoveListDayofLearning Story about how your janitors on staff—if they are readers—can be engaging them too. Get participation, voluntary, INVITE THEM
