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Chapter Fourteen Response

annedrozd wrote 6 hours ago: I must admit that I am not a believer in the relevance of adult readers advisory.  To me it seems l … more →

Tags: IST 511

My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up, by Russell Brand

Jessica wrote 14 hours ago: “Time moves very slowly when you’re standing naked on Hackney Road at three o’cloc … more →

Tags: Books, Characters, Humor, Jessica's Picks, memoir, nonfiction

Serious about Series

rookiereflib wrote 16 hours ago: This is more a public library thing, but I do get stymied by questions on series at times. Most of t … more →

Tags: First Days at the Reference Desk..., children's information desk, library patrons, Public Library, Series

I don't remember what it's called, but...

hero wrote 20 hours ago: I don’t remember what it’s called, but… This phrase can generate a mixture of anti … more →

Tags: everyday heroics, lost book, Marc

Politics As Usual

Essex Library wrote 1 day ago: The 2008 elections have come and gone, even in Minnesota, finally, but that doesn’t mean polit … more →

Tags: Useful, Consumer Awareness, Politics, Government, educational

Death with Interruptions, by José Saramago1 comment

Jessica wrote 1 day ago: On New Year’s Day, in an unidentified country, everyone suddenly stops dying. Disease still st … more →

Tags: Books, Characters, Fantasy, Jessica's Picks, Language focus, Literary Fiction, Plot, Romance, Satire

The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power, by David Sanger

Jessica wrote 2 days ago: If you like to sleep soundly at night, satisfied in the knowledge that people are basically decent a … more →

Tags: Books, Jessica's Picks, nonfiction, Political Science, War/Military

Identity Crisis, by Brad Meltzer

Jessica wrote 3 days ago: If, hypothetically, someone completely neglected to read comics in her childhood like she was suppos … more →

Tags: Books, Characters, Fast paced, graphic novel, Jessica's Picks, Superhero, Young-Adult

Creature, by Andrew Zuckerman3 comments

Jessica wrote 4 days ago: The baby blue eyes of the panther* on the cover called me across the room. Before I knew what was ha … more →

Tags: Books, Jessica's Picks, nature writing, nonfiction, Photo Essay, Quick read

Tweeting in Unison - CoTweet Public Beta

buckeyebrarian wrote 1 week ago: The folks at Twitter have released a new product into public beta, and libraries need to take notice … more →

Tags: technology, Library Technology, Library 2.0, Internet, Web 2.0, Reference, eReference, Libraries & Prof., Libraries

Jodi Picoult Read-Alikes2 comments

chathamlibrary wrote 1 week ago: Are you on the waiting list for My Sister’s Keeper?  Or are you an ardent Jodi Picoult fan who … more →

Explore NY 400 with the Olean Public Library!

oleanpubliclibrary wrote 1 week ago: 2009 marks the Quadricentennial celebration of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain t … more →

Tags: Reading List, Summer Reading, Explore NY 400

Project Projections: Plans A, B and C

shac2522 wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my goals for my internship at Hardesty Library is to develop a project that demonstrates many … more →

Tags: internship, Access, BOok Talks, Children, COLLECTIONS, Genre, Information Seeking, Information Services, Libraries

The Ultimate Teen Bookshelf from YALSA1 comment

informania wrote 2 weeks ago: Another notable reader’s advisory and collection development tool has just been released. Th … more →

Tags: Library, YA-Lit, Books, Collection Development, Reading, YALSA

Happy "Canadian" Day, eh?

Gerry wrote 2 weeks ago: In honor of Canada Day, here are some recent and interesting (popular, even?) titles from Canadian a … more →

Tags: MustReads, Canada

The Book Seer

Sarah wrote 2 weeks ago: http://bookseer.com/ The Book Seer is an easy-to-use readers’ advisory tool.  Just type in the … more →

Tags: All, Books & Reading, Book Seer, RA, Reading, Recommendations

Penguin publishers using online social networking to attract teen readers

Joanne Dillon wrote 2 weeks ago: by Sheryl Butterfield Examiner.com – 27 June 2009 YA Central is Penguin publishers’ new … more →

Tags: Reading, Web 2.0, youth librarianship

For the Sake of the Light

juneaubookblog wrote 1 month ago: For the Sake of the Light, by Tom Sexton.  In his latest collection former Alaska State Writer Laure … more →

Tags: Alaskan Authors, Alaskana, Poetry, Alaskan Poets, University of Alaska Press

Summer Reading Superfluity

rookiereflib wrote 1 month ago: Actually most of the time there wasn’t a superfluity (or excess) of summer readers, but when I … more →

Tags: First Days at the Reference Desk..., children's information desk, Public Library


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