Indiana University LIS-S524 (Spring 2024) Class

  3 Ideas to Promote Your Fiction Collection My favorite way to get the word out on fiction books at the library is of course the display. There are so many different ways you can put together a display. You can get your craft skills on and really get creative. Here are a few of my favorite ones I found online.    The second idea that I like is posting on social media. As E Books are becoming more and more popular, less people are coming into the library to see your displays. You can make creative posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, on new releases, holiday books, popular reads, etc.  Here is an example: Third, you can create book talk videos. You can post on the library website, social media, and You Tube. I think it would be fun to have like a podcast video with two librarians discussing the lasts new read. 

  When I worked as a SummerLInk programmer at my local library, part of my job was shelving books. This particular library had a separate section for everything. There was an African American section of books, a Spanish language section, graphic novel section, and a LGBTQ section. I didn’t hear any complaints about the separate sections when I briefly worked there. I am going to take a pro stance on this topic.   3 Reasons Why Separate Sections Are a Good Thing 1.          As a shelver, I found that having books separated by category saved time reshelving the books. I would put the different categories in bundles on my cart and I breezed through the library reshelving. The library also felt more organized having different categories separate. When I helped pull books for holds, I knew exactly where to go to find what I needed. In my opinion, I feel this type of shelving is easier on the staff.  2.          It is easier for the patron to find what they want to read. When I received a qu

  Title: Concrete Rose Author: Angie Thomas Genre: Diverse/Young Adult Publication Date: Jan 2021 Pages: 368 Geographical Setting: Garden Heights (Urban Setting) Time Period: 1990’s   Plot Summary Maverick is a teenager who needs to support his family. His father, a gang leader, is in prison while Maverick mother’s is trying to hold the family together financially. Maverick finds out he can make easy cash by selling drugs. He joins his father’s gang and starts bringing in the dough. As life is unexpected, Maverick finds out he is a father. The mother abandons their son at his doorstep. Maverick must make some tough choices to keep his family together.    Subject Settings Gangs Drugs Teenage Pregnancy High School   Appeal Pacing: Fast paced, holds the readers interest.  Tone: Serious Characterization: In the voice of Maverick.  Language: English 3 Term Description Community Family  Growth   Similar Books   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas In this book we follow Starr, Maverick’s daughter

  I am familiar with the embarrassment some adults feel about reading young adult books. My husband loves YA books. Recently we were on vacation and stopped in at a local bookstore. He went straight to the young adult section and began browsing. The store employee asked if he needed help finding anything and he stated that he was just browsing for books for our son. I asked him why he told her that, and he said he is embarrassed to admit he reads young adult books. Growing up he had a reading disability and struggled in school. His brother used to make fun of him for reading lower lexile level books. He still carries that stigma with him. When I introduced him to audio books, it was life changing. He has his earbuds in all the time listening to his favorite Sarah Maas books over and over again. He doesn’t struggle to read the books, and he feels that his choices are private.  As librarians, how can we make adults feel comfortable reading young adult books? In the public library setting