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Presentation for the Library of Michigan Rural Libraries Conference in May 2012TRANSCRIPT
Non-Fiction Reader AdvisoryTitles, Tips, and Techniques
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Holly HibnerAdult Services CoordinatorPlymouth District Library
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Mary KellyYouth Services Librarian
Lyon Township Public Libraryhttp://practicallibrarian.comTwitter: @librarymary40
What kind of movies/tv shows do you like?
Technique #1:
Something Romantic
For fans of chick lit, history, feminism, social
commentary, literary criticism
Flirting with Pride & Prejudice: Fresh
Perspectives on the Original Chick Lit
Masterpiece
Edited by Jennifer Crusie2005
For single, widowed, and divorced romantics looking
for a second chance at love!
My Boyfriend’s Back: True Stories of Rediscovering Love with a Long-Lost
Sweetheart
By Donna Hanover
2005
Something Romantic
Something Funny
For the techie jokester.
The World According to Twitter
By David Pogue
2009
For those who love reality TV
Reality Check: The Business and Art of
Producing Reality TV
By Michael Essany2008
Something “Real”
For the ghost hunter
Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the
Afterlife
By Raymond Moody, MD
2012
Something Unreal
A “Who Done It”
For fans of history, mystery, and true
crime.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Or the Murder
at Road Hill House
By Kate Summerscale2008
What magazines do you like?
Technique #2:
National Geographic
For fans of exploration, history, and mystery
Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL
Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
By Mireya Mayor
2011
Popular Mechanics, Family Handyman
For blue collar workers, Baby Boomers, DIY’ers
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value
of Work
By Matthew Crawford
2009
Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, More
For good-humored women “of a certain age”
I’m Over All That: And Other Confessions
By Shirley MacLaine2011
Taste of Home, Cook’s Illustrated, Everyday Food
For the foodie
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us
Human
By Richard Wrangham
2009
History Today, American History, Early American Life
For the history buff
Silent Night: The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce
By Stanley Weintraub
2001
Current Science, Popular Science, Discover
For the mad scientist
How the Hippies Saved Physics
By David Kaiser
2011
Birds & Blooms, American Gardener, Garden Design
A horticultural page-turner
The Orchid Thief
By Susan Orlean1998
People, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly
For Hollywood gossip lovers
Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives
of the Stars
By Scotty Bowers1998
A Match Made in Heaven:
Pairing fiction with non-fiction
You can judge a book by its cover!
More Great Covers
Raising the Perfect ChildThrough Guilt and Manipulation
By Elizabeth Beckwith
2009
Cover Design by Jeff Miller
When You Are Engulfed in
Flames
By David Sedaris
2008
Cover Design by Chipp Kidd
Other Techniques
• Ask about hobbies
• Search Library Thing tags
• Browsing & leafing encouraged
• Talk to Circulation staff
Establish a relationship
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Good Writing Trumps Topic
Know Your Collection
Flip through items on the shelf.
Read fly leafs and author blurbs on the
jacket.
Shelf read!
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Teens are Future (taxpaying and voting) Adults
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onroe.com
Teen Style
Encyclopedic Information
Flying MachineNahum2004
Don’t Judge!
Teen Style
Swedish Death MetalEkeroth
2008
Photography & Illustrations
Teen Style
Seeing Beyond Sight: Photographs by Blind
TeenagersDeifell2007
Talk about more than just books
Web Sites That Start Conversations
• FARK.com • Neatorama.com • PointlessSites.com • Oddee.com • Snopes.com• There, I fixed it• Awfullibrarybooks.net
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Create a Go-To List of Books
5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100
Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Shaw2007
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot 2009
Type Talk at Work: How the 16
Personality Types Determine Your
Success on the Job
Kroeger2002
Working with You is Killing Me: Freeing
Yourself From Emotional Traps at
Work
Crowley and Elster2006
Why Can't You Shut Up?: How We Ruin Relationships--How
Not To
Wolf2006
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty
Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka,
Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
Linden2011
Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the
Best... and Learn from the Worst
Sutton2010
Do Dead People Watch You
Shower?: And Other Questions You've Been All but Dying to Ask a Medium
Bertoldi2007
What Every BODY is Saying:
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
Navarro2008
Stiff: The Secret Lives of Human
Cadavers
Roach2003
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the
Bible and Why
Erhman2005
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
Wolke2002
Animals in Translation:
Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode
Animal Behavior
Grandin2005
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion
and Daring
Preston2007
The Sociopath Next Door
Stout2005
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Hundreds of Questions You'd Only
Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini
Leyner and Goldberg2005
Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and
Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
Cobb2003
Live From New York: An Uncensored
History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and
Guests
Miller2002
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete
Protection from the Living Dead
Brooks2003
An Alarming History of Famous and
Difficult Patients: Amusing Medical Anecdotes from Typhoid Mary to
FDR
Gordon1997
Forever and Ever, Amen: Becoming a nun in the Sixties
Jackowski2007
Thank you!
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