1. Library of Michigan Beginning Workshop May 18, 2016 Presented by: Vanessa Walstra, MLIS—Kent District Library Heather Wood-Gramza, MLIS—Kent District Library

2. What, Why and How?

4.  Reference Services Shift  Ability to Connect with Patrons  Increased Perception of Relevancy within Community

5.  Story Preference  Format Preference  Hobbies and Interests  Age  Reason for Seeking

6. An approach to materials advisory developed by Nancy Pearl.

8.  New York Times Best Seller List  Page Turners  Events Based  Tend to be Popular with Guys  Genres—Romance and Mystery

10.  Memoirs  True Crime  Travelogues

12.  People care what happens to characters as a story unfolds.  People who gravitate toward this doorway will talk about and describe the characters in a book.

14.  Memoir  Biography  History

16.  The place is fully developed.  People may treat the setting or place as a character within the story.  Typically, genres like Fantasy and Historical Fiction fit within this doorway.

18.  Travelogues  History

20.  Typically award winners  The Literary Fiction genre is known for this particular doorway  Includes many authors who are also poets

22.  Poetry

24.  These books incorporate many doorways.  These stories often gain popularity through word-of-mouth.  People can pull out what they like from the book, movie or music experience.

28.  Just the facts, ma’am.  Busy…pick it up and put it down.  Topical  Engagement with the World  Experience Something Vicariously

29. Finding the perfect match for school aged youth and teens.

30.  The “doorways” are a great starting point; however, they don’t always help us connect the right kid with the right book.  Paying attention to HOW kids & teens ask for books is vital, because they haven’t all identified WHY they like certain books.

31.  Age/Gender of Main Character Are they like me? Can I relate to this?  Genre Specific I know I like Fantasy, so I’ll stick with that.  Read Alikes I really like the Lightning Thief. I will only like a book EXACTLY like that one!

32.  School We need to read a title from each category by this Friday (and all the books were published before 1980).  Parents—Content & Reading Level My 2 nd grader reads at an 8 th grade level, but it can’t be inappropriate.

33.  Age/Gender of Main Character Can I relate to this character?  Read Alikes/Genre Specific My son really only reads fantasy, but nothing too complicated.  My Friend Told Me About this Book It has something on the cover—maybe it’s orange or something.

34.  More Open to Book Talks in the Stacks You can hand sell a title if you’re a good salesperson!  School I don’t like to read, but I have to (particularly middle school ages). High School students are told what to read, but middle school students seem to have more choice.

35. Novelist K-8 Plus (www.mel.org) CORE Sheets under construction Contact Information: Vanessa Walstravwalstra@kdl.orgvwalstra@kdl.org Heather Wood-Gramza hwood-gramza@kdl.orghwood-gramza@kdl.org