WHERE IN THE PUBLISHING WORLD?

1. WHERE IN THE PUBLISHING WORLD? The Library Part of the Equation Katie Dunneback Consultant East Central Library Services - Bettendorf, IA

3. What is Reader’s Advisory? • “A patron-centered library service for adult leisure readers. A successful readers’ advisory service is one in which knowledgeable, nonjudgmental staff help fiction and nonfiction readers with their leisure-reading needs.” • Joyce Saricks, Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library, 3rd edition (2005)

5. Iowa Spending FY09 (7/08 to 6/09) • Total: $14,121,073 • Print: $10,175,460 • Electronic: $1,104,697 FY10 (7/09 to 6/10) • Total: $14,077,241 (-.31%) • Print: $9,762,105 (-4.1%) • Electronic: $1,132,325 (+2.5%)

7. Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science • Books are for use. • Every reader his [or her] book. • Every book its reader. • Save the time of the reader. • The library is a growing organism.

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12. 4. Save the time of the reader.

13. 2 Ways to Save Time • Better Metadata • Slicker DRM (if no DRM in the first place)

14. Download and Transfer

31. Transferring to an eReader Device

35. Nook View

36. Returning Books Early

39. A little wisdom of the ages • Leon: A radio's a little box that you buy on the installment plan, and before you tune it in, they tell you there's a new model out. - Ninotchka, 1939

40. Photo Credits • “Library of Celsus at Ephesus” by QuartierLatin1968 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/22174859@N00/382186961/ • “generic book shots” by Michael Casey - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/2547447735/ • “Ranganathan Has A Posse” by Aaron Schmidt - http://www.walkingpaper.org/128 • “Clocks” by jim crossley- http://www.flickr.com/photos/raindog/2701083851 • “Running Fast, Running True” by Balaji Dutt M V- http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvbalaji/315527168/