NSW public library wiki

• Ellen Forsyth (State Library of NSW)
• Sue Leverington (Tomaree)
• Laurelle Griffiths (Maitland)
• Vassiliki Veros (City of Sydney)
• Jenny Hope (Port Stephens)
• Jann Shaw (Port Stephens)

Virtual Attendance:

• Martin Mantle
• Yan Zhang, Kate Nalder

Unfortunately we had some technology problems with Google Talk though we were able to do some Instant Messaging. Hopefully, we will be able to resolve this issue and will be able to have staff who participate virtually.

Therese Scott (Ashfield) Terry O’Keefe (Singleton) Helen Cowen (Wingecarribee)

Adult Summer Reading Club that ties in with the Childrens Summer Reading Club

Some suggestions for reading on the wild side have been added. There is place for the adult summer reading. It might be something small such as booklist, The whole family reading on the wild side. There already is some nice merchandise. Target slightly older reader. Opportunities for families, younger parents, etc.

Looking into dialogues between patron and borrower to make them feel comfortable to return and ask for more suggestions. Building relationships involves feedback, involve understanding of borrower expectations. It’s also about not judging the reader when they are returning unread books.

ACTION: Generic feedback form for RA to be placed on WIKI. This is only to be given to people who you have had a RA interview with and that they have used the book. Perhaps trial across the state for a month to see if we get feedback.

It’s a nice extension to RA suggestions. This will help us evaluate RA work. It will take a while to build up a picture of what is really happening across the state.

Copenhagen Public Library asks you to comment on your loans when you are renewing your books online. This would be a great system if your LMS system can support this. Having free text would allow for multilingual input also.

Ellen did a paper for the Home Library Service to help them further understand what their clients doorway preferences were.

Nancy Pearl reading doorway.

4 doorway/appeal characteristics.

She says that people enter according to the following:

• Story – page turner, relish the action/pace
• Setting – key in science fiction, history, non-fiction
• Language – style of writing, literary fiction
• Character – key biography, relationships, series
• The main doorway that someone reads in makes a big difference as to what you suggest people read next.

Their doorway tends to be their comfort zone. This is not a comfort zone you should push someone out of though you can use a lot of overlapping information.

“Tell me what you have been reading lately” works very well to start an readers advisory dialogue between a librarian and reader.

The Home Library group want a lot more information that they can use to help their clients. They would like to develop a checklist.

The RA group felt that there were two types of Home Library clients therefore there was a need to develop two pathways.

1. The Traditional HLS client

This client has the initial conversation with the HLS staff member to discuss their likes and dislikes. The library staff member makes the majority of their reading decisions. The initial interview seems to be happening but a regular reviewing of client needs is not being conducted. The Readers Advisory group suggested that an annual interview reviewing client needs be conducted.

2. The Emerging HLS client

Many new HLS clients have worked and used the internet for over 15 years. The are web savvy and tech savvy. Using web 2.0 social tools for these clients would allow for a better delivery of service. Making these clients aware of selection tools such as the library catalogue, reviews, librarything, etc. and allowing them to order their own books but the library mostly facilitates the deliver of the items requested.

ACTION:

Asking for volunteers to take part in a development of developing pathways and checklists for HLS clients from both the Readers Advisory and Home Library Service.

SLNSW Ref-ex Great for new staff even better for jaded staff

Good Reading magazine and BookClubs

Help for book clubs and looking for stories. Feed stories into them

Tuesday 23rd of March 2010

– Murder in the Metcalfe

• Diana Tixier Herald (US – GenreLibrarian/GenreFluent)
• Peter Milne – buyer for Abbeys bookshop
• Matthew Reilly – author
• Sherrey Quin – resources for crime readers advisory work (online and in print)
• Rachel Franks – genres of crime
• Murder in the Metcalfe (based on murder in the library)
• Crime/mystery crossover panel – Romantic Suspense, Literary Crime and Childrens Crime

There will be information soon on the PLN and Reference list.

To be added to the wiki and a blog post.

RA Librarian Readers Challenge:

ALIAread and Reference Group – specific library staff can win (????)

Challenge Options

Challenge 1 – annual out of your comfort zone - 12 reading experiences

Challenge 2 – Book binge April #bookbinge2010 Links to Quick Food for Book Bingers and their families

ACTION: Approval steering committee.

Opportunities for our readers.

Crown of Starts series/Kate Elliott Girl with the tattoo /Stieg Larsson 9 sacred ways – interviews with nine different people Darkest Hour/ Johann Thieron Time Travellers Wife/ Niffeneger Eunoia /Christian Bok Glomming /Susan Elizabeth Phillips Dark Hunter – Graphic Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon Game on /Beth Galloway Dark County/Bronwyn Parry Red in the Centre /Monte Dwyer Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Genesis /Bernard Beckett

Ellen gave us a demonstration on the Readers Advisory wiki. We then created a number of new pages.

• Sand filled Books
• Authors to Glom

Wiki members are encouraged to add lists and photos to RISG wiki gives you a different perspective on reference and RA work.