Like every issue of Booklist, the spotlight topic gets the Top 10 treatment and there are articles as well. Each issue is a great way to catch up on what has been happening in that genre, topic, or format over the previous 12 months.
You can use these lists for collection development, of course, but you can also use each month's spotlight as a display idea, especially when you use the backlist. Put up a display in all age areas using the cover of the magazine and just call it, "Spotlight on Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror," and fill it up with titles.
Then, make it interactive by asking people-- online, at service desks, at the display itself, and with a conversation starter bookmark in EVERY book on the hold shelf (click here for more on that) to share their favorite SF/F/H titles. Then you can extend the display by adding their suggestions as well.
Again, you can do this with any spotlight issue and it fits perfectly with Booklist's mission which is to help you help patrons discover a new read. Click here for a linked list of the spotlight contents.
Below is the information from the current SF/F/H spotlight with backlist access to the last few year's lists as well. Please note, the articles requires you log in, but if your library gets the print magazine, you have a login already. Click here for assistance setting it up.
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