**2022 Readers' advisory seminar 17 March online**


The focus of the seminar this year is the fantasy genre and technical skills.

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All the seminar is on the one video. There is no video of the breakout room sessions.

=== Seminar program ===

9.30 - 9.40

  * Acknowledgement of Country
  * Welcome to the Library
  * How the Day / Tech Will Work 

9.40 - 10.40 Alex Brown - Fantasy trends including young adult titles

//Alex Brown is a librarian, local historian, author and writer, and an Ignyte Award winning critic. Much of their writing covers Black history, librarianship, YA, and speculative fiction//.  

For more information about the work of Alex please see [[https://bookjockeyalex.com/|their website]].   

You can [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17VSP6taOVtjE3QBvmqt_A7lfWFI288uAFLX_byxskV4/edit?usp=sharing|see the slides for their presentation here]]


10.45 - 11.30 Allison from [[https://www.abbeys.com.au/abbeys/about-galaxy-bookshop.do|Galaxy Bookshop]]  talking about fantasy trends and topics.

{{ :wiki:2022_nsw_library_sff_trends.pdf | Allison's presentation}}

11.30 - 11.45 Morning Tea

11.45 - 12.15 5 minute talks

  * Leyla Bhathela Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture club {{ :wiki:aatsi_club_talk_for_ra_seminar.pdf | see the presentation here}} and {{ :wiki:my_speech_for_ra_seminar_2022.docx | the text of the presentation here}}
  * Renata Rekiel "let's go Polish" (and other languages) {{ :wiki:lets_go_series_for_state_library.pdf | see the presentation here}}
  * Shazia Iftikhar readers' advisory training at Canterbury / Bankstown {{ :wiki:for_sl_cbcity_professional_development_2021.pdf | see the presentation here}}
  * Sabrina Ekstein and Isabella Oldfield on graphic novels {{ :wiki:2022_100815_powerpoint_-_gn_ra.pdf | see the presentation here}}
  * Amy Heap being on the RA Working Group, a member's view


12.15 - 12.30 Breakout session for morning talks & RA tools

Breakout groups to be moderated and questions provided

  * introduce yourself in chat with name/library/something you have read or watched recently and a three word (okay up to five word) description of it
  * what is a new idea you will be using from the talks this morning?
  * what author or titles will you be investigating for your collection?
  * at least one idea from this morning that you can try in your library this week
  * at least one idea from this morning  that you can try in your library in the next month
  * what is your favourite readers' advisory tool and why (share in chat or by voice, and add the details to the wiki later)?

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 2.30 Declan Miller from [[https://www.gestaltcomics.com/talent/stick-mob/|Stick Mob]] on graphic novels.  This is a from a partnership including the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

2.30 - 2.45  Breakout session 

Breakout groups to be moderated and questions provided

  * introduce yourself in chat with name/library/something you have read or watched recently and a three word (okay up to five word) description of it
  * at least one idea from Stick Mob that you can try in your library this week
  * at least one idea from Stick Mob that you can try in your library in the next month

2.45 - 3.00pm seeking new volunteers for the steering committee to plan 1 - 3 meetings a year and a seminar.  You can volunteer for one year.  We will need new volunteers because otherwise there will be no 2023 seminar.  It takes 1 - 4 hours a month (but varies each month).  Must be able to reply to emails.

Wrap Up and Thank You!

Zoom Poll and (slightly)longer evaluation