[Publib] What are you reading right now? And what advice can you give a new RA

[ROBIN BEERBOWER]

And also check out Earlyword - www.earlyword.com - This is an excellent site for getting advance notice of what buzz-worthy.  


>>> "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER at cityofsalem.net> 12/4/2008 11:33 >>>
I order fiction for our library and once I have the basics covered from Baker & Taylor's pre-pub lists and Automatically Yours, I read all of Library Journal's reviews.  Next on the list is Booklist and Publisher's Weekly.  I would also check the website for Booksense for little known titles that may be getting a little more attention.  Also check the Entertainment Weekly and People's book sections--believe or not they actually cover some really good fiction that might otherwise be missed, plus patrons are going to be looking for them.  

Robin



Robin Beerbower
Outreach Services
Salem Public Library
PO Box 14810 (97309)
585 Liberty SE (97301)
Salem, OR  
503-588-6089


>>> "Deb Sommer" <dsommer at shawls.lib.il.us> 12/4/2008 11:21 >>>
I sent this same question out to a number of friends and would love to know
what others are reading.

I'm in a small library with a fairly good budget.  I've only been the
Director for a few months and this is the first time I've worked in a public
library.  I've just spent about $15,000 on young adult fiction because that
collection had been neglected.

I think now I need to look at the adult fiction collection.  I think we're
covered with the bestsellers, the mysteries, the romances and the westerns
through standing order or rental plans.

I've been looking at PW online and have a lot of RSS feeds that are book
related and note things in magazines that I read but I'm missing something.
I feel that Novelistplus also seems to focus on the more popular but perhaps
not literary. I've also been looking at Booklist online.  Would it be useful
to get the print Booklist?  
 
What am I missing?  What should I be reading to find out about new
contemporary fiction?

Thanks,

Deb

Deborah A. Sommer, MLS
Director
Metropolis Public Library
317 Metropolis Street
Metropolis, IL  62960
618-524-4312
dsommer at shawls.lib.il.us 
www.metropolis.lib.il.us 





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