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Readers, Reading, and Librarians

By Linda S Katz Copyright 2001
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge
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    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!

    • 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

    Biography

    Bill Katz

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