7 Super RA Ideas Anyone Can Do via NoveList and an RA for All Announcement

RA for All is going on vacation after today until November 29th. So I wanted to leave you with something of a general nature, something you can use to explore multiple RA Service based ideas over the next week, and it is from NoveList-- 7 Super RA Ideas [That Anyone Can Do].

Below I have reposted the headers to pique your interest and make you realize this post is worth a click through.

Also, this NoveList post is a great introduction to a new series/archive that I am going to spend December working on-- A Greatest Hits of RA for All Archive.

I will be sunsetting the Call to Action page and replacing it with a post that archives some of my most popular and foundational posts-- including some of those Call to Action posts. 

I have had dozens of requests in the last few months to offer a portal to the "greatest hits" of RA for All for managers to share with their staff. While much of that is encapsulated in my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service page, not all is there. I will also annotate the link list so that it can be used as a purposeful training tool.

While I will get that archive up and running before the end of the year, I will also probably spend part of January highlighting it and some of my most popular and enduring posts to help you get the new year off to a great start.

But to keep you out of trouble over the next week....I mean to offer you training content, here are 7 excellent ideas. Try some at your library:

7 super RA ideas (that anyone can do)

One thing we message about a lot at NoveList is that anyone can do readers’ advisory and that there are good ideas to be found outside, on the internet, in your library, on TV – basically almost anywhere. Here are some of the easiest we’ve seen in webinars, on social media, and in other conversations with library staff from around the world – all perfect for when you feel out of ideas.

1. Create timely, seasonal displays.
2. Share what staff are reading.
3. Sticky note RA.
4. What your neighbor is reading display.
5. The Island of Forgotten Books. 
6. Stalk the readers
7. Participate in social media conversations.

Click through to read the full article. Seriously, it is excellent and easily replicable. These are great ideas that you can do from any place in the Library's organizational chart.