Wednesday, January 5, 2011

New Books

  • Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory by Brad Hooper

FYI: "Reviews are an important resource for readers' advisory and collection development. They are also a helpful promotional tool, introducing patrons to what is new on the shelf. This resource includes

- Tips for writing strong, relevant review

- Different ways reviews can be used to promote your library

-A chapter by Joyce Saricks covering the how-tos of reviewing audiobooks

Whether the ultimate goal is writing for a library website, book club, or monthly handout, or freelancing for a newspaper, magazine, or professional journal, readers will find plenty of ideas here." - from the back cover

  • Fang-tastic Fiction: Twenty-first Century Paranormal Reads by Patricia O'Brien Mathews
  • Doing Social Media So It Matters: A Librarian's Guide by Laura Solomon

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