Staff Training Notes 1/21/15

Kendall Staff Training

Reader’s Advisory for Kids                                                                 January 21, 2015

Presented by Leona 

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Overview: Ideas for providing quality reader’s advisory to kids and their parents

Resources for quality reader’s advisory:

·         ASK QUESTIONS!!!

            Nonfiction- What do they need? The specific assignment? Biography or certain facts?

Fiction- What grade or reading level? What have they read they liked? What type of book interests them?

·         KID’S PAGE

BOOK LISTS- Books by Grade, Award Lists/School Lists, Books About…, If You Like…

            NEWSLETTERS – Kid’s Books, Picture Books

·         DATABASES

Under HOMEWORK RESOURCES- *Novelist K-8 Plus* (Great resource for advisory)

                        Also- Lexile Book Search, 50 States of the US, Handbook of Texas Online.

·         REFERENCE BOOKS

A to Zoo- for finding picture books on certain topics

            Best Books for …

·         ONLINE RESOURCES

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/

http://www.guysread.com/books/

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

Getting patrons to the right place:

Know each section and the levels for each

            Picture books are for parents to read to babies & children & for confident readers to read. Recommend books according to attention span and what the child likes.  

Examples- Children under 2 need books with simple pictures, a few words and some rhyming like Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Martin. A 4 year will like a book with more story and humor like The Bear Snores On by Wilson.

            Beginning Readers have limited vocabulary for kids starting to read. The higher levels will be considered first chapter books. Example- Little Bear by Lobel,  

            Chapter books (Fiction) are for children in 2^nd-5^th grade according to the child’s ability. You can usually tell the level by the length of the book or the size of the type.  

            Teen books- older elementary and middle school kids can read some teen fiction but the parent must take their child’s maturity level into account. Good author is Erin Hunter.

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

·         Using the reference book A to Zoo find a picture book we have on any behavior and send me the title and author.

·         Using the database Novelist K-8 Plus, find a title to recommend a child. Send me the book they like (The Lightning Thief, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, etc.) and a “If You Like…” recommendation you can give.

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Kendall Staff Training

Adult Reader’s Advisory                                                                              January 21, 2015

Presented by Alice

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Overview: Reader’s advisory is a fundamental library service which involves suggesting fiction or non-fiction titles to a reader.  This can be done through a direct approach that is talking with the customer, or indirect such as, book displays, bookmarks, or booklists.

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How to:  Easy and Quick

1. Ask customer what titles or authors they have read and liked.

• Catalog
• Type title or author that customer has given you

• Click on title
• Scroll down until you see Reading Recommendations, Ratings, and more
• Click

Move your mouse over the word, “Why?” to read a brief summary about the book and “why” it was recommended.

• At the bottom of your screen you will see, “Sign Up for Reading Recommendations by Email.”  Then click on “Sign Up for Newsletters.”

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

1. Lookup your favorite author/title, fiction or non-fiction, and send me two of the titles that are recommended reading.
2. Signup for a newsletter and email me the name of newsletter.

Alice's Complete Handout