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About a two months ago now, I left my job at the Boston Public Library and moved to Pennsylvania. \u00a0One of my favorite things to do while working at the BPL- and one of my favorite things about being a librarian, actually- was reader’s advisory. \u00a0 When it comes to Reader’s Advisory (RA), I’m like a Dr. Seuss book. \u00a0I would do RA with a mouse, in a house, with a goat or on a boat. \u00a0I am grateful that it is one of those things that has always come naturally to me. \u00a0It’s also why I always loved purchasing books for my branches, because it allowed me to keep an eye out for books that could appeal to my most voracious, yet picky readers.<\/p>\n
As I’m sure you can tell from the above image, the move has not ended the RA questions, in fact, it’s actually caused a bit of an uptick in them. \u00a0This text is from one of my favorite patron’s in the world. \u00a0She is entering the 3rd grade and has always preferred older books to newer books. \u00a0I didn’t include any more screenshots as I’m sure no one wants to read about our postcards to one another or the tv show Nailed It! Anyway, it was nice to be able to do a Reader’s Advisory session, even if we weren’t in the same place.<\/p>\n
Typically my RA questions start broad. \u00a0Fiction or Non-Fiction? \u00a0 If it’s fiction, then I follow it up with “What kinds of things are you interested in?” People or Animals? \u00a0Adventure or Funny? Funny Adventure? \u00a0The questions go on and become more specific- sort of like a choose your own adventure book, except at the end the reader walks away with a big pile of books to look through. What’s really neat though, is that depending on if another librarian was asked, you may get a different set of recommendations. \u00a0There may be some overlap, but I would be shocked if they were all the same, because each of us comes to librarianship with different perspectives, preferences and ideas.<\/p>\n
This leads me to my questions! \u00a0What are your go to Reader’s Advisory questions? \u00a0What are your go to titles? Is there a genre that always stumps you? \u00a0Please reply in the comments, I would love to hear your answers!<\/p>\n
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This post address ALSC Core Competencies around Reference and User\u00a0Services, as well as\u00a0Commitment to\u00a0Clientele\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
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