Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory (repost)
Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory by Brad Hooper
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0838910173 | 109 pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0838910173 | 109 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Reviews are an important resource for readers' advisory and collection development. They are also a helpful promotional tool, introducing patrons to what is new on the shelf. This resource includes: tips for writing strong, relevant reviews; different ways reviews can be used to promote your library; and, a chapter by Joyce Saricks covering the how-tos of reviewing audiobooks. Whether the ultimate goal is writing for a library website, book club, or monthly handout, or freelancing for a newspaper, magazine, or professional journal, readers will find plenty of ideas and insight here.