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Reader’s Advisory: Says Who?

Half the time, “reader’s advisory” appears to mean “recommended fiction.” Have you noticed that nonfiction often gets the short end of the stick in terms of reader services?

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This was written by K.G. Schneider. Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 10:30 am. Filed under Librarianship. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

5 Comments

  1. Ruth wrote:

    Well, except for true crime.
    -Ruth

    Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 9:33 am | Permalink
  2. Ruth wrote:

    And maybe biography.
    -Ruth

    Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 9:34 am | Permalink
  3. Anna wrote:

    Sure, but how often do patrons ask about non-fiction that isn’t true crime or biography, as Ruth noted? I work in an academic library, and to my knowledge, we’ve never had someone come up and ask us to recommend some good physics books.

    Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
  4. Ruth wrote:

    Actually, with the recent spate of popular science and popular history books focusing on a narrow subject, we are getting a few more requests for “a book like ‘Longitude’ or ‘Cod’ or ‘Salt.’” Or, for physics, “A Brief History of Time.”
    -Ruth

    Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 11:26 am | Permalink
  5. nat wrote:

    Yeah, my days consists usually of people asking me for similar writers for Nora Robert and Danielle Steel, but never for Stephen Hawkings.

    Friday, May 14, 2004 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

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