New Panorama Picks Data Ready to Use

I first alerted you all to Panorama Picks in this post back in July.

Excerpts from that post:

Panorama Picks is a curated list, by region, of the books people are most waiting to borrow from our public libraries. The point of the lists is to pull out the obviously huge titles so that booksellers can see what mid-list titles are trending with public library patrons.

There is an opportunity here for local book sellers to add copies of titles that they might not know are in high demand in their area.

But, for us, the library workers who help leisure readers, there is also an opportunity to find out about titles that are gaining in popularity in our areas, titles we might not be aware of right now.

Getting a heads up on these popular mid-list titles allows us to better develop our collections, make readalike lists that anticipate our patrons' interests, and just understand what is being read in our wider regions.

I could even see a display opportunity here by putting out the titles from a different region. Like a "See what is trending in the Pacific Northwest," as a great change of pace display. Or for more title options, use all of the lists but your own: "Popular Books in Other Regions Across America" or "See What's Trending In Other Parts of the Country."

There is much we can do with these lists. So click here for more information. You can also sign up to get notified when a new lists comes out [they are quarterly].

You can access all lists, new and backlist, anytime at this link any time, any where. 4th Quarter 2019 lists were just added this week. Data will be updated regularly and lists produced, so this will be something I will alert you to as they come out. Revisit the lists, old and new each time the data is updated and you will have dynamic lists to use in a variety of ways with patrons.