More Reader's Advisory Resources Links

Online Resources

Debbie's Idea

http://debbiesidea.com/

What to Read First: A Reader's Guide to Unfamiliar Literature

Fiction Connection (available through NebraskAccess)

http://www.fictionconnection.com/

Fiction_L

http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

The Morton Grove Public Library's mailing list on reader's advisory issues. Fiction_L is an electronic mailing list devoted to reader's advisory topics such as book discussions, booktalks, collection development issues, booklists and bibliographies, and a wide variety of other topics of interest to librarians, book discussion leaders, and others with an interest in reader's advisory. Inlcudes links to booklists, archives, and subscription information.

Genreflecting

http://www.genreflecting.com/index2.html

A good introductory website that defines Reader's Advisory, describes different genres, includes helpful reviews, plus children and young adult reader's pages. 

Gnooks 

http://www.gnooks.com/

A self-adapting community system based on the gnod engine. Discover new writers you will like, travel the map of literature and discuss your favorite books and authors.

Hennepin County Library (Minneapolis, MN)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/FindAGoodBook.cfm

If You Like ... Read-Alikes from Waterboro PL

http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/bklistif.htm

LibraryThing

http://www.librarything.com/

LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily.

Readers' Advisor News

http://lu.com/ranews/index.cfm

An e-newsletter published quarterly by Libraries Unlimited.

Reader's Advisory from Mid-Continent PL

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/

The Reader's Advisor Online Blog

http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/

The Reader's Advisor Online (subscription required)

http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/lu/RAlogin?token=C415DB78568C361AFC5B28A616B7F003&ws=WS_RA&as=lu%2fRAlogin&casfor=get

Articles and Publications

ALA Editions: The American Library Association publishes several titles on Reader's Advisory covering a variety of genres.

Herald. D. T. (2000). Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction, 5th ed.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Saricks, J. (2205). Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library, Third Edition. Chicago: American Library Association.

Wyatt, N. (2006, November 1). Reading maps remake RA. Library Journal. Retrieved from http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA6383011.html

A recent article suggests "reading maps" as a way to re-create a book's entire universe online, and transform readers' advisory.  Also search Library Journal website for Reader's Advisory articles!

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