Readers' advisory service in the public library [[electronic resource] /] / Joyce G. Saricks

• Autore: Saricks Joyce G
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : American Library Association, 2005
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.5/4
• Soggetto topico: Readers' advisory services - United States; Public libraries - Reference services - United States; Fiction in libraries - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; A History and Introduction; Reference Sources; Articulating a Book's Appeal; The Readers' Advisory Interview; Background for Readers' Advisors; Promoting and Marketing Readers' Advisory Collections and Services; Training; SUBJECT INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Readers' advisory service in the public library
• ISBN: 0-8389-9350-8; 0-8389-9828-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784209103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II