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YA Reader s Advisory Workshop

The Question. I need a good bookDo you have a book just like Looking for Alaska?I just finished Grease Monkey, what else can I read?I want to read a book about real people.I hate fantasy. I like Libba Bray.There's this book; its' got a boy on the cover.... The Bad News. You can't provide reader's advisory if you're not a reader yourself.Really..

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YA Reader s Advisory Workshop

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    1. YA Reader’s Advisory Workshop Annette Birdsall Youth Services Consultant Finger Lakes Library System

    3. The Bad News You can’t provide reader’s advisory if you’re not a reader yourself. Really.

    4. The Good News There are reader’s advisory services that you can use even if you haven’t read the book. What are they? lists, lists,& more lists, listservs, books, author websites, publisher websites, award websites, summer reading program resources, series tools, read-alikes, genres, magazines, reviews, databases, your library catalog, your bookmarks, folders, displays, your teen readers, teachers, school librarians, youth leaders, your peers, & you…

    5. I want to read a book just like… Author www.nancywerlin.com/ Series www.bettendorflibrary.com Genre http://www.genrefluent.com Reality http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/lists.htm Everyone Else http://www.seeme4books.com Interest www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies

    6. On the spot resources You! Your teens Your peers Your return cart & circ stats Your hand-outs Your displays Your library

    7. On the web resources Experiment & select the ones you use Bookmark your favorites Share the sites Search before you need the title Pick one blog that feeds your reading needs It’s ok to google it. Have you seen the wikipedia entry for…

    8. Break Time

    9. Listservs, Databases & the Catalog Manage the compiled lists... Make them your own Books your library owns Books you know Books that are right for the right age Using Novelist Using Polaris Using (dare I say it?) Amazon.com Show how to save & bookmark Go to Novelist/Polaris/Amazon; Demonstrate catalog use; public view. Use a book title as an example. Look at subject/reviews/details etc. Show how to save & bookmark Go to Novelist/Polaris/Amazon; Demonstrate catalog use; public view. Use a book title as an example. Look at subject/reviews/details etc.

    10. Professional Resources Print Resources you should know about. Award Lists & How to use them… Referring to the experts. Joining professional organizations Talking books The expert on your teen readers. Print Resources, award lists, experts & how to use them; Schneider Family Book Award – Quick Guide to the awards. Remind about new yalsa-book discussion group. Refer to your own copy 7 list this year’s winners!Print Resources, award lists, experts & how to use them; Schneider Family Book Award – Quick Guide to the awards. Remind about new yalsa-book discussion group. Refer to your own copy 7 list this year’s winners!

    11. Just for Fun www.overduemedia.com http://www.bookstandard.com http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html http://www.eastgreenbushlibrary.org/teen Author files, display ideas, booklists ,unshelved, teen reads, read-alikes, - pass out altered cards bookmarks. Look at author files.Author files, display ideas, booklists ,unshelved, teen reads, read-alikes, - pass out altered cards bookmarks. Look at author files.

    12. Your Turn… Take the card you wrote with your name on one side and the one line book description on the other and hand it to someone you do not work with. Find the title of the book and Find the title of a book to read after that… Return the card.

    13. Questions/Wrap-Up/Evaluations ? For follow-up questions, please contact: Annette Irene Birdsall Youth Services Consultant Finger Lakes Library System annette@flls.org 607/273-4074 x.27

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