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E-books and Readers' Advisory
“I can appreciate the benefits of this new technology but I just don't like the idea of my reading being out of the ordinary”.
- A comment by a library patron to me when I was discussing the benefits of e-readers for those with reading disabilities. This highlights to me the work that needs to be done to make e-Books part of the ordinary reading experience. So what might be the role of RA in a library environment in which more and more forms as well as genres are being created and made available to the readers of the world?
Some suggested reading:
Barry Trott and Neil Hollands, 2011. Contemporary and future roles for readers' advisory in public libraries. Reference Reborn: Breathing new life into public services librarianship. Diana Zabel (ed). Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited
Katie Dunneback, 2011. E-books and readers' advisory. Reference & User Services Quarterly, vol 50 iss 4, pp 325-329.
"Any time a new format is introduced in libraries, we need to look at how that format affects the readers' approach to the material." (p. 325)
Michael Pryor, 2019. What's the most popular genre? https://aurealis.com.au/blog/