This vital book reaffirms librarians’enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries-from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. Readers, Reading, and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books.
Readers, Reading, and Librarians examines:
reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading
the need for librarians to sponsor book groups
the current focus on “electronic wonders”
balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services
and much more!
By:
Linda S Katz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 212mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781138984592
ISBN 10: 1138984590
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 30 September 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
,
Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Remembrance of Things Past--and Future Reading, Books, and Librarians Making Choices: What Readers Say About Choosing Books to Read for Pleasure The Book's Remarkable Longevity in the Face of New Communications Technologies--Past, Present, and Future Some Speculation on the Future of the Book The Meaning of Reading: Fiction and Public Libraries Books Are for Use? Keeping the Faith in Reading A Librarian's Thoughts on Reading Readers' Advisory From Reading Words to Reading the World: Readers' Advisory for Adult Literacy Students Reading the Future of the Public Library Reaching Library Patrons with Special Services and Materials Flow: The Benefits of Pleasure Reading and Tapping Readers' Interests Children and Reading Clues from Conversations: An Overview of Research in Children's Response to Literature “The Heart's Field”: Landscapes of Children's Literature Librarians in Fiction From Cosmo and Alec to the Tallest Man in the World: Some Fictional Librarians and Their Patrons Best Books and the Canon Best Books and Readers A Prevalence of Lists Index Reference Notes Included
