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Monday, April 30, 2018
Hardboiled Is Not Only An Egg: And Other Tips For Genre Readers’ Advisory-- Via LibraryLink NJ
Last week, my colleagues Robin Bradford and Stephanie Anderson presented a webinar to NJ librarians on helping readers of some of the most popular genres. I asked LibraryLink NJ for permission to cross post it here and they agreed. Thank you to all for allowing me to share this wonderful presentation with even more people.
Below I have posted all of the information and the links for the slides, handout, and even the video are embedded, but just in case there are technical difficulties, you can click here to pull up the entire page.
I highly suggest you take some time this week to view this webinar. I already did over the weekend.
I listened to this webinar live and it was really good. I consider myself pretty well versed in RA but I still learned a lot from the webinar and got some great ideas! Thank you!
Bio: Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She is under contract to provide content for EBSCO’s NoveList database and writes reviews for Booklist and a horror review column for Library Journal. Becky is a 23 year locally elected Library Trustee [still serving], a former Board member for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and currently on the Executive Board of the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with horror readers, Becky is the author of The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, Third Edition [ALA Editions, 2021] and the forthcoming Why I Love Horror and You Should Too [Saga Press, Jan 2026]. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association, currently serves as the Association’s Secretary and Co-Chair of their Library Committee. You can follow Becky on X @RAforAll.
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I listened to this webinar live and it was really good. I consider myself pretty well versed in RA but I still learned a lot from the webinar and got some great ideas! Thank you!
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