[Publib] What are Americans reading?

[Michael McCulley]

Great post, Joe..

Have you seen the Library Journal implementation of a "best reading list"?

Most borrowed books in U.S. libraries, fiction and non-fiction categories?

http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=bestsellersList&iMarketID=26&
listDate=11/01/2006

Best,
DrWeb

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Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:23:12 PM 
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org 
>[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joe Schallan
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:23 AM
>To: Publib Publib Discussion
>Subject: [Publib] What are Americans reading?
>
>I think Nicholson Baker pointed out (in his New Yorker article 
>taking us
>to task for discarding our card catalogs) that the old catalog cards
>contained a fascinating sort of metadata -- thumb smudges.
>
> From these, you could get a sense of which items were seeing a lot
>of traffic.
>
>This reminds me of a long-ago encounter with a patron
>when I worked at the Glendale, Ariz., Public Library.  I observed a
>fellow in the 629s, combing through the Chilton and Haynes
>manuals, carefully taking notes.  A librarian on vacation in Arizona,
>perhaps, unable to tear himself away from the temptation to see
>how other libraries were doing things, while the rest of his party
>was off viewing the Grand Canyon?
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