Featured Article
Genre Designations: Doors or Walls? by Diana Tixier Herald
… When using genre in readers' advisory, it is important to use the RA interview to discern what it is about a genre that your reader likes. …
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Scholarship and Research
Can RA Skills Be Effectively Taught Online? by Cynthia Orr
… many, if not most, of the instructors in readers' advisory service are practitioners rather than professors …
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Library Perspective
Six Degrees by Sarah Statz Cords
… is there any particular reason we can't play Six Degrees with books and reading …
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Industry Perspective
A Booklover's Paradise — Why You Should Attend BookExpo America by Cindy Orr
…BookExpo America (BEA) is the event of the year for the book industry…
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Coming soon--free readers' advisory blog! And free access to Reader's Advisor Online during Library Week!
… LU is pleased to announce a blog as part of the Reader's Advisor Online (late spring 2007) and free access during Library Week 2007 for the Reader's Advisor Onlne…
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