CoRAZone

Readers' Advisory Zone

The Heart of Your Library

CoRAZone is the wiki of the Colorado Association of Libraries Readers’ Advisory Interest Group.  The primary mission of the CAL Readers' Advisory Interest Group (CoRAIG) is to foster interest in readers' advisory and to help librarians improve their readers' advisory skills.

How to Join CoRAIG

To join the CAL Readers’ Advisory Interest Group email Kathleen in the CAL office at kathleen@cal-webs.org.

For information about the group or to make suggestions, contact the 2008 CoRAIG Chair, Alice Kober, at akober@ald.lib.co.us.

Next Meeting:

The Special Interest Groups will be meeting Friday, November 7th 11:30-12:15 in the Larkspur room, on the first floor, near the Rocky Mt Events Center. Later on, join the Mountain Area Readers' Viewers' Listeners' Advisory Service Friday night at 5:30 at CAL in the bar at the Atrium.

2008 CAL Readers Advisory Interest Group Meeting Notes

August 2008 meeting notes

Insurance Forum

The Colorado Adult Reading Program (CARP) has created a page for sharing information about Adult Summer Reading Programs in 2009. Link here  

CARP : Colorado Adult Reading Program  to find out more.

Link to One Book One Community and Adult Summer Reading (2008) pages here.

We're thinking of moving the page to a more organized layout - What's Your Opinion? - Check it out

Helpful Readers' Advisory Links

Colorado Libraries Please add your Readers' Advisory pages here!

Library web sites are almost always good places to start. Many brilliant librarians have already done much of the work for you.

Fiction Booklists (includes lists by subject/genre generated by members of CoRAZone and printable for patrons)

Nonfiction Booklists (includes lists by subject generated by members of CoRAZone and printable for patrons)

If you liked lists can be found on many websites. Also known as Read-alikes.

Publishers provide helpful lists, suggestions, and bookclub advice.

Bookstores are excellent sources of booklists for the Readers' Advisor.

Blogs will help with staying current with new or interesting titles.

Subscription Databases are also available for Readers' Advisors.

Form-based Readers Advisory - examples

Gimmicky Fun Selection Sources are an interesting way to get the "computer" to select titles for patrons.

We will also be looking at Genre Fiction such as Romance, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Christian fiction, Mysteries etc.

Bookclubs can be a Readers' Advisory Service as well.

Commercial Services

Readers' Maps are collected here.

Miscellaneous

Adult Reading Programs - ideas from other libraries

Other wikis

Fresh Fiction is a category on its own. Get current information on authors and books on television and radio. Use this link to subscribe to regular email updates.

What can you do with a Bookmark? by Tara

CrashCourse in PBWiki

http://c-rad.pbwiki.com/CrashCourse

Note: The Colorado Association of Libraries is not responsible for any of the content or opinions expressed in this wiki.