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Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
5:42 PM EDT 8/17/05
am certain there are many fine reader's advisory webpages, articles and newsletters available free over the web. Please post your favorites to this topic.
One I recently came across is Readers' Advisory Newsletter sponsored by Libraries
Unlimited at http://lu.com/ranews/index.cfm
I'm not certain how often they will update. June 2005 articles included:
On the Social Nature of Reading
Why Genre Matters
Cindy Orr's golden Rules of Readers' Advisory Service
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
6:10 PM EDT 8/17/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Thank you for the link.
Our library uses NoveList. The Kansas Library Network Board provides the subscription.
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
9:03 AM EDT 8/18/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Sounds like we are both lucky to have some excellent databases provided by our state library. Novelist is a wonderful resource for RA. I particularly like their Readers' Advisory tab which links you to some excellent articles and other resources. Presently there's an great article "Why RA is Important from a Director's Point of View" by Cathleen A. Towey . Novelist also provides read-alike lists, annotated book lists and book discussion guides.
Connecticut libraries and patrons are so fortunate to have many free, fine databases available 24/7. Several of these databases can help us with RA. We have access to Gale full text magazine articles including many professional journals including Booklist, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Horn Book and the Reference & User Services Quarterly which often features RA articles. We also have What Do I Read Next? which allows both library staff and our patrons to search by title, author, genre, etc. They can also form a custom search or type a title that they liked and receive other suggestions that may appeal to them.
Thanks for sharing your resource!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
1:19 PM EDT 8/18/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
I just stumbled on this blog --[url http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blogspot.com/ ]the hip librarian's book blog[/url]. While it's not an official reader's advisory database, its has that wonderful blog-style infusion of personality and individuality.
There are many contributors, so multiple voices writing heart-felt reviews and sharing their favorites, new and old. Check it out!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
1:48 PM EDT 8/18/05
as a reply to Betha Gutsche.
This blog certainly has potential! There are so many book and library related blogs. If only I had more time to read!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
4:10 PM EDT 8/18/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
isn't that true for all of us! 
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
12:51 PM EDT 8/19/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Looking over my favorites, I found these...
Show this one to patrons with voracious reading appetites that you cant begin to keep up with:
http://www.overbooked.org/index.html
Hennepin County has some great resources:
http://www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl/
Montgomery County has an interesting approach with a Readers Café Menu:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/readerscafe/index.asp
I think Morton Groves Library_L was mentioned somewhere else, but they have some other interesting resources and things going on:
http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
Readers Robot from Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System in Canada:
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html
I think it's so exciting to see many (though not all!) of these resources becoming more and more user friendly for our patrons!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
10:18 AM EDT 8/20/05
as a reply to Jennifer Peterson.
I really love the Reader's' Cafe on the Montgomery site.
Thanks for sharing these excellent resources!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
12:28 PM EDT 8/22/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Children's literature-related resources from UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) School Collection: Children's Literature at the Education and Social Science Library http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/s-home.htm and also The ESSL Children's Literature Blog focused on the UIUC collections, but it should be generally useful for topics covered: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/esslchildlit/ (I found this via posting to Lorcan Dempsey's ORweblog: http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/000775.html)
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
9:40 AM EDT 9/24/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Here's a new site I saw posted on Dorothy-L this weekend:
Sterling Heights Public Library
MYSTERY Reading Suggestions
Compiled by Margaret Hanes and Mary Lou Metzger
http://www.shpl.net/mysteries.html
This site differs with Kent's kdl.org What Do I Read Next in that it is primarily for mystery series.
A nice listing of mystery series in order alphabetically by author.
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
2:47 PM EDT 9/26/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Found this one on Fiction-L today and asked permission of Sara Reyes to repost here:
FYI --
Fresh Press is the new, FREE, weekday newsletter listing the books and authors actually mentioned or shown on over 60 nationally broadcast television and radio programs - including but not limited to: Oprah, NPR Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Marketplace, Today, Good Morning America, The View, Diane Rehm, O'Reilly, and Imus. Gathered by MOTOR-online, Fresh Press is emailed each week day morning to interested subscribers. (Previous version was to paid subscribers only.)
You can sign up or check out the previous week's issues at http://off-the-edge.net/phplist/lists or click on Newsletters at the top of any Fresh Fiction page.
Looks like a really neat site with valuable information to answer those RA questions regarding "the book I saw/heard about on ? television prograrm. Check it out!
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
11:12 AM EDT 10/6/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
I've been enjoying the daily edition of Shelf Awareness in my email for the past few weeks and thought I'd pass it on to others who may not be aware of it. You can acess the archives and/or subscribe to the daily edition at:
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/
Shelf Awareness contains "daily enlightment for the book trade". There's lots of little tidbits about what's being published, who's taling about what on TV, etc. For instance today I found out Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (a favorite of mine and bestseller to boot) has a new book called Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Norton, $24.95, 0393059626). She was on Talk of the Nation yesterday. It would have been nice to know this yesterday but still, I'm excited to hear about the book. There always seems to be some news about the opening and closing of book stores. Recently, I heard about a new mammoth book store in my area by taking the few minutes to read this newsletter.
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
9:56 AM EDT 10/12/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
I bumped into a very nice group of reading lists, [url http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/Readerspast.htm] Booklist for Bookworms [/url] from Lake County Public Library (Marion, Indiana).
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
12:20 PM EDT 10/12/05
as a reply to Eric Childress.
This is a super list! adore the Ageless Love, The Sounds of Music, Over a Barrel, etc. Thanks for sharing! And how did you do that??? Put the name of the link, not the url?
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
1:23 PM EDT 10/12/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
Putting the name & URL together -- see [url http://nm.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=8347] Step-by-step Posting Primer[/url]
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
6:26 PM EDT 10/12/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
There is a more recent Readers Advisor News update at Libraries Unlimited. This is a quarterly newsletter that was launched fairly recently (in June I beleive). This quarters articles discuss the mystery genre and are very interesting.
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Hyperlink Priner
7:38 AM EDT 10/14/05
as a reply to Eric Childress.
Thanks Childree,
I'll give it a whirl the next time I post a link!
Saxton
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
1:11 AM EDT 10/25/05
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
One of my very favorite resources for graphic novels is http://www.noflyingnotights.com/. It has a section for gns for kids, teens, and adult/teen. The creator is knowledgable and keeps up on the industry. The reviews are nicely informative.
Sarah
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
11:58 AM EST 1/22/06
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
It's been quite some time since I visited [url http://www.overbooked.org]Overbooked: A Resource for Readers[/url] so I was pleasantly surprised to find a really valuable set of resources to help me in collection development and Readers' Advisory. One really neat link is the [url http://www.overbooked.org/stars/allstars/index.html]All Stars List [/url] These include lists of mystery and/or fiction titles receiving 3 or more stars from major review sources including Kirkus, Booklist and Library Journal. Other links will lead you to Hotlists (not too hard to figure what you'll find here), RA with lots of links to the best resources, a reading related calendar of author birthdays and events, and an area relating to genre.
Overbooked (Book Links) is a volunteer project undertaken by Ann Chambers Theis: Collection Management Administrator, Chesterfield County (VA) Public Library. 9501 Lori Rd. or P.O. Box 297, Chesterfield, VA, 23832. Phone: 804.748.1760. and is not an official Chesterfield County Public Library service
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Re: Best Readers' Advisory Resources on the Web
12:15 AM EST 11/9/06
as a reply to Carol Kubala.
If you're looking for the real name of an author you just might be able to find it at the [url http://www.myunicorn.com/pseudos.html ]Mystical Unicorn Bookstore[/url] . This one may require that you know the pseudonym but once you click on the author name you'll find alternatives and real name. I hope someone finds this useful.
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