Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
ISBN: 978-0-7890-0699-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
This vital book reaffirms librarians’enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries-from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. Readers, Reading, and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books.Readers, Reading, and Librarians examines: - reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading - the need for librarians to sponsor book groups - the current focus on “electronic wonders” - balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services - and much more!
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- Introduction: Remembrance of Things Past--and Future - Reading, Books, and Librarians - Making Choices: What Readers Say About Choosing Books to Read for Pleasure - The Book's Remarkable Longevity in the Face of New Communications Technologies--Past, Present, and Future - Some Speculation on the Future of the Book - The Meaning of Reading: Fiction and Public Libraries - Books Are for Use? Keeping the Faith in Reading - A Librarian's Thoughts on Reading - Readers' Advisory - From Reading Words to Reading the World: Readers' Advisory for Adult Literacy Students - Reading the Future of the Public Library - Reaching Library Patrons with Special Services and Materials - Flow: The Benefits of Pleasure Reading and Tapping Readers' Interests - Children and Reading - Clues from Conversations: An Overview of Research in Children's Response to Literature - “The Heart's Field”: Landscapes of Children's Literature - Librarians in Fiction - From Cosmo and Alec to the Tallest Man in the World: Some Fictional Librarians and Their Patrons - Best Books and the Canon - Best Books and Readers - A Prevalence of Lists - Index - Reference Notes Included