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Brain Snack: Selection Tips & Tricks for Adult Collections

Discover effective strategies and resources for selecting books for adult collections. This guide features typical selection tools, including renowned sources like Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Learn how to utilize databases such as NoveList for reader advisory services, along with leveraging blogs, best seller lists, and your local bookstores for the latest recommendations. Keep your collection dynamic by exploring prize winners, customer requests, and participating in book clubs. Connect with fellow librarians for tips on improving your collection development process.

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Brain Snack: Selection Tips & Tricks for Adult Collections

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  1. Brain Snack: Selection Tips & Tricks for Adult Collections December 12, 2008 Jean Anderson, SCLS

  2. Typical Selection Tools • Booklist • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly • http://www.scls.info/ce/index.html • Bookmarks • http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/

  3. Newspapers & Magazines • Your local paper • People, NYT, Wall Street Journal • Oprah, Better Homes & Gardens • And many more!

  4. Databases • NoveList • An excellent RA tool • Has Book Club information • Review source, too • EBSCO and ProQuest • Create an alert for book reviews or journals • http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?faq=1286 • http://proquest.umi.com/i-std/en/lcd/alerts/alerts.htm

  5. Blogs and Web sites • LibraryThing • Amazon • Publisher’s sites • Genre web sites – just a sample • The Mystery Reader • The Romance Reader • The SF Site • Western Authors

  6. Bibliographies • Make Mine a Mystery • Read on… Fantasy Fiction • many others in this series • Book Lust and More Book Lust • Fiction Catalog • Public Library Catalog • All available from SCLS Professional Collection

  7. “Best” and Best Seller Lists • RUSA Notable Books List • RUSA: The Reading List • Publishers Weekly • Amazon Top Sellers • Many other year end lists from various sources • Don’t Miss Lists (on LINKcat)

  8. And More! • Prize winners • Pulitzer, Booker, National Book Award • Customer or Patron requests • Do you have a way for your patrons to request books? • Book clubs and reading guides • Reading Group Guides • Reading Group Choices • Oprah • Your local book clubs – what are they reading?

  9. Keeping up • Baker & Taylor • Automatically Yours (for Fiction) • Continuation Services (for Nonfiction) • Standing Orders • Catalogs – only keep those you really use and toss the rest

  10. Blogs • Madison Public Library blogs & more • MADreads • BookLetters • http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/index.html • EarlyWord – the Publisher/Librarian Connection • The Tech Static

  11. And more blogs • Bookreporter.com • The blog from ReadingGroupGuides.com • Book club girl • Reader’s Advisor Online • Any others to add to the list?

  12. Tips • Read, read, read • Talk, talk, talk • Read out of your comfort zone • Subscribe to some blogs • It will save you time in the long run • Coming in January – program on using a blog reader and subscribing to them

  13. What tips & tricks to you have? • How do you keep up? • What sources to you regularly use? • Do you have standing orders or an automatic shipping plan? • Simplify your ordering process • Track an order from start to finish and see how the process can be simplified or changed

  14. Thanks! Contact me with any questions! jfanders@scls.lib.wi.us 608-246-5613

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