Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and indexes.
A history and introduction -- Reference sources -- Articulating a book's appeal -- The readers' advisory interview -- The background for readers' advisors -- Promoting and marketing readers' advisory collections and services -- Training.
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In public libraries, reference librarians are often called on to make recommendations to readers, sometimes in genres that they don't personally read. Learning how to frame a discussion and articulate the appeal of a book, author, or genre marks the essence of a successful readers' advisor. Readers' advisory is defined as, "patron-oriented library service for adult leisure readers," according to Saricks, a noted expert on the subject. In the completely revised third edition of Readers' Advisory Service for Public Libraries, Saricks updates this critically acclaimed how-to guide, making it more.
Readers' advisory service in the public library.
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Fiction in libraries-- United States.
Public libraries-- Reference services-- United States.
Readers' advisory services-- United States.
Bibliothèques-- Orientation des utilisateurs-- États-Unis.
Bibliothèques publiques-- Services de référence-- États-Unis.
Roman dans les bibliothèques-- États-Unis.
Fiction in libraries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Library & Information Science-- General.