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Save the date! RA in a Half Day 2014 is in the works…
The BCLA RA Interest Group is busy planning our 3rd annual RA in a Half Day so save the date for Monday, October 20, 2014 at the Cultural Centre Performance Hall in the Richmond Cultural Centre next to...
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The Book to Art Club from The Library as Incubator Project
I had the opportunity to attend the American Library Association Conference in sunny Las Vegas last week and was able to attend a number of sessions related to Readers’ Advsiory, programming, and...
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Edmonton Public Library’s “Great Stuff Crew”
Edmonton Public Library (EPL) won Gale/Library Journal’s Library of the Year award in 2014 for a number of reasons, one of which is their great job marketing resources through their “Great Stuff Crew.”...
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Multnomah County Library’s “My Librarian”
Similar to the Edmonton Public Library, Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon also has a Readers’ Advisory team! I had the opportunity to learn more about this program during their session “My...
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Surrey Libraries’ Book Advisors
We recently launched a Readers’ Advisory service at Surrey Libraries very loosely based on Multnomah County Library’s My Librarian. On our Recommended Reads page, patrons can now learn about the Surrey...
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Surrey Libraries Launched Diverse Books Challenge for Staff
The January 2016 What Are You Reading blog post about Reading Challenges inspired us at Surrey Libraries to launch a staff challenge. We had been discussing ways in which we can encourage more...
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Learn about Loan Stars in March 9 Webinar
For those of you interested in the Loan Stars program, they are offering a free webinar this Wed, March 9 from 10-10:30am (Vancouver time) to give you the low down on how to participate in Loan Stars:...
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Book Club for Masochists
Many members of the BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group are part of the Book Club for Masochists, a group they started while attending SLAIS to “become […] better librarians by reading books [they]...
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What’s the Appeal? Using Appeal Factors and Field Codes in NoveList
I have to admit that I don’t use NoveList nearly as often as I could when delivering Reader’s Advisory at the library desk. I was intrigued to learn that NoveList has been developing their appeal...
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Running Walking Book Clubs
When the BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group minutes went out to the list-serv last week, I was excited to learn that Richmond Public Library will be leading a Walking Book Club this summer in...
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