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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Charles , Candace Clark , Joanna MorrisonPublisher: American Library Association Imprint: ALA Editions Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.359kg ISBN: 9780838908112ISBN 10: 083890811 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 31 May 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews.. .a good introduction to those with little or no experience with the mystery genre or with performing readers' advisory services. .. .much of the 'mystery' has been taken out of advising mystery fans by this delightful and comprehensive little readers' advisory. .. .tackles the formidable world of mysteris with great success. Covering everything a librarian would need to know to successfully build and promote a mystery collection, the authors include chapters on weeding and marketing the collection, with a great section on how to do a readers' advisory interview. The book is also a good general reading choice for anyone interested in the mystery genre, librarian or not. The authors give a large amount of excellent information in an easily accessible manner. The text is peppered with authors and titles to know and plenty of plot teasers to fill your reading list... This resource would be a fine choice for the newbie just starting to learn about the mystery genre, as well as a lot of fun for the die-hard mystery fan. This is a must-have for any library with mystery readers, and although this book is aimed at the adult reader, much of this will also apply to the young adult reader. .. .a good introduction to those with little or no experience with the mystery genre or with performing readers' advisory services. .. .much of the 'mystery' has been taken out of advising mystery fans by this delightful and comprehensive little readers' advisory. .. .tackles the formidable world of mysteris with great success. Covering everything a librarian would need to know to successfully build and promote a mystery collection, the authors include chapters on weeding and marketing the collection, with a great section on how to do a readers' advisory interview. The book is also a good general reading choice for anyone interested in the mystery genre, librarian or not. The authors give a large amount of excellent information in an easily accessible manner. The text is peppered with authors and titles to know and plenty of plot teasers to fill your reading list... This resource would be a fine choice for the newbie just starting to learn about the mystery genre, as well as a lot of fun for the die-hard mystery fan. This is a must-have for any library with mystery readers, and although this book is aimed at the adult reader, much of this will also apply to the young adult reader. .. .a good introduction to those with little or no experience with the mystery genre or with performing readers' advisory services. Author Information"John Charles has worked as a reference librarian and fiction selector for the Scottsdale Public Library System since 1991. He has coauthored articles on collection development and genre fiction for Library Journal and Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) and has twice received the Romance Writer's of America Veritas oward. A reviewer for Library Journal, VOYA, and Booklist, he and Joanna Morrison write an annual article on the ""Best Adult Mysteries for Young Adults"" for VOYA. Charles received a master's degree in library science from the University of Arizona. Candace Clark began working for the Scottsdale Public Library System in 1975. Since 1986, she has worked as a Youth Services Librarian where, in addition to selecting materials for the youth services collection, she is involved in programming for children, teens, and adults. She is cohost of ""Booktalk,"" a Scottsdale-based cable television show for which she reviews new adult fiction and nonfiction and interviews a variety of local and nationally recognized authors. Clark has served as Chair of the Children's Services Roundtable for the Arizona Library Association and has presented programs at its annual conference as well as for the Maricopa County Library Council's Continuing Education program. Joanna Morrison is a reference librarian and nonfiction selector for the Scottsdale Public Library System in Scottsdale, Arizona. She spent five years as a high school English and literature teacher and has been a librarian for ten years. She reviews mysteries for VOYA and joins John Charles in creating an annual VOYA survey of the year's best adult mysteries for young adults. Morrison has presented readers' advisory programs for Arizona State Library Association conferences and received her master's degree in library science from the University of Arizona." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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