1. Discover your Library Loan Stars
Jennifer Hubbs -
Kat Drennan-Scace -
Who does reader’s advisory in their day to day work? What do you find to be some of the biggest challenges?

2. What is Loan Stars? Get lists at loanstars.ca
The 10 hottest books published monthly, as voted by library staff across Canada.
Similar to LibraryReads in the US, the program allows librarians and library staff the chance to read new adult fiction and non-fiction books ahead of publication, and to recommend and vote for their top choices.
It is a collaborative readers’ advisory service and marketing tool for library staff.

3. Who can be involved? This could be you!
Any employee of a Canadian library – public, educational, private or otherwise.
You must sign up using a library staff .
Flexible time commitment - if you’re pressed for time, you don’t have to vote every month

4. Who is behind this?
We are grateful for the support of so many publishers, including PRH, SSC, House of Anansi, Hachette Canada, Second Story Press, Dundurn, ECW Press. There are some publishers who are not part of this program, including HarperCollins Canada, but most other Canadian publishers and distributors are connected with the program.

5. Sign up with CataList using your library email address.
Log into CataList and find new titles
Request a copy either using Netgalley or through the publisher
Start Reading!
Vote for your favourites!
Repeat! You can vote for as
many titles as you like.
Here are the steps it takes. I’m going to go over each step in more detail with a live demo, but here are the basics!
Register for LoanStars with Catalist. Make sure you use your work address so we know you work in a Canadian library.
Only titles available through Catalist are eligible, so if you do have an advanced copy from another source, make sure it’s eligible for the Loan Stars program.
* Browse the list of upcoming titles
* Request, read and vote
We run contests occasionally, so the more you vote, the more you're eligible to win, too!

6. Before we find books... February 28th - April publication dates
March 31st - May publication dates
April 30th - June publication dates
Eligible books must meet certain criteria:
They must be NEW releases – no trade or paperback versions, no re-releases
They must be offered by one of the participating partners
What books were your top picks of 2016?

7. Let’s find books to vote for!
Live demo time!

8. Sign up for Catalist
Make sure when you sign up for Catalist, you indicate you work in a library and use a library address.

9. https://bnccatalist. ca or https://bnccatalist. ca/ViewPublisher. aspx
When you log in, look for the LoanStars icon on the right-hand side.

10. Past lists will be posted first, and currently eligible books will be below.
In many cases, the books are listed by category to help you find want you want.

11. Eligible books must meet certain criteria:
They must be NEW releases – no trade or paperback versions, no re-releases
They must be offered by one of the participating partners

12. Request and Vote!

13. What are the benefits? Fame! Glory!
Obviously fame and glory and getting to be near Ryan Reynolds and Gosling

14. Seriously … Access to free books ahead of publication
Ability to discover new authors and champion favourite titles
Share knowledge about books with your colleagues
Build content knowledge
Helps those early in their career to network and build their resume
Also, getting advanced copies of great books
Getting an easy go-to list of great titles to recommend
Exposure to books that you might not otherwise consider
Enhanced reader’s advisory based on the recommendations of librarians across Canada
Also looks great for library staff just starting out

15. In library promotion Printable posters In-library displays
Book stickers
Bookmarks
Word of mouth
Online lists
etc!
Let’s brainstorm promo ideas & marketing tools (2 stories - newbie requester and first book received)
Can you highlight in your catalog
Bibliocommons lists
Book club kit bag stuffer

16. You can also find us... facebook.com/loanstars @LoanStarsCA
loanstars.tumblr.com
goodreads.com/LoanStars
Quill & Quire has recognized LoanStars as a valuable resource since it’s inception by publishing the lists online - and as of next month, they will also be printed in the monthly magazine. We need your votes!
Let’s brainstorm promo ideas & marketing tools
Can you highlight in your catalog
Bibliocommons lists

17. How successful has it been?
Out of the first 8 Loan Stars published in 2016, 6.25% of Loan Stars top picks appeared on prize shortlists, resulting in 10 shortlist nominations.
While Do Not Say We Have Nothing earned four of those nominations, library staff also selected:
By Gaslight, by Steven Price
The Best Kind of People, by Zoe Whittall
The Parcel, by Anosh Irani
The Break, by Katherena Vermette

18. The next Giller Prize winner is out there waiting to be read … and you can read it first with LoanStars.

19. Questions?