Research Based Readers' Advisory for Young Adults

Presentation at 2008 YALSA Symposium

Powerpoint slides (11/8/08)

Handout (downloadable version)

Guidelines for Young Adult Readers’ Advisory 

Recommended Resources

How to Read a Book in 10 Minutes 

Readers’ Advisory is: 

“[O]ne in which knowledgable, nonjudgemental staff help fiction and nonfiction readers with their leisure reading needs.” (Joyce Saricks, Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library, 3rd edition, emphasis addded)

“Quite simply, it is the act of putting people together with the books they love.”  Diana Herald, Genreflecting website

“The art of readers’ advisory [for teens] involves masterfully articulating various elements of a book to pique interest and entice the prospective reader.” Heather Booth, Serving Teens Through Readers’ Advisory

Rules of Leisure reading

“Never apologize for your reading tastes”  -  Rosenberg’s First Law of Reading

“Every reader his [or her] book. Every book its reader” -  S. R. Ranganathan’s 2nd and 3rd Laws  of Library Science

“ No two people ever read the same book.”  Diana Herald, RAO Blog