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February 20, 2008

Page history last edited by Tara Bannon 15 years, 4 months ago

Kathleen and Martin:

These are topics that affect all of CAL--about 3 pages shorter than the other notes.

Alice

 

Notes from CAL Readers' Advisory Interest Group Meeting (RAIG)

February 20, 2008, 11-2

Castlewood Library, ALD

 

CAL Conference  Update (Dodie Ownes)

Conference is Nov 6-8, at the Marriott Tech Center in Denver. Light rail available.

Preconfs on Nov 6 (Thu), Fri & Sat Nov 7-8 for workshops and exhibits.

Program proposal announcement coming out soon – deadline will be around mid-May to submit programs.

Theme is Communities and Libraries.  If proposing a program, try to tie it to the theme.

 

CAL PreConference Proposal/idea ( Dodie Ownes)

Jo Sarling, CAL Conference Chair, wants RAIG to help in putting together a nonfiction RA preconference.

Dodie is trying to get Neal Wyatt or Joyce Saricks to come, maybe Duncan Smith from NoveList since EBSCO is about to introduce NoveList Plus, which includes nonfiction.

Dodie will also will be talking to publishers at PLA to participate in a nonfiction RA Hot Picks session like last year, where the publishers presented their Spring/Summer lists. Local publisher to consider would be Fulcrum.  This was very popular last year. 

Idea for CAL program – One Book One Community program.

 

RA Training Workshop

In May, we'll hold an all-day reader's advisory training session through CAL Continuing Education.  We've reserved an excellent meeting space, the Community Room at the Aurora Central Library, for Wednesday, May 28th. 

§         Cost:  The workshop will be $50 for CAL members, $80 for non-members.  This includes all materials, a continental breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack.

§         Suggestions for topics for workshop:

-          Trends, Troubles (RA Roadblocks) and Hot Tamales (Hot Picks) – Dedra Anderson and other trainers from Douglas County will give this presentation—sure to be a highlight of the workshop

-          Booktalking in the stacks, booktalking for pages/material handlers, 3-minute book talk

-          How to mentor person new to RA

-          Trendspotting—what's hot, what's not? (Is vampire fiction dying or undead?  Chick lit appears to be dying market—what's replacing it?)

-          Trends in mystery

-          Trends in thrillers and suspense

-          Paranormal romance and mystery. 

-          Cross-genre trends in fiction.  For example: "Viking Navy Seal time-travel romance"

-          Erotica strong in marketplace. Harlequin now has Blaze and Spice imprints that even include S&M type romance.

-          Inspirational/Christian fiction (Jean Ward is knowledgeable about this)

-          Gentle romance that isn't inspirational—not "hot"

-          Lots of interest in memoirs these days, even pets

 

 

Statewide Adult Summer Reading Program for 2009

§         Colorado created a very popular state-wide summer reading programs for adults in 2004, 2005 and 2006.  CAL is interested in starting this program again.  Becky Spilver (Douglas County) and Jean Ward (Westminster) ran this program in the past.  They coordinated ideas and did cooperative purchasing for materials.  The major benefit was for the small libraries and jails that could never do that on their own. Provided templates, reading lists. There is some remaining money from the state to help fund the program.

§         Sara Wright (directorbpl@gmail.com) from Berthoud has volunteered to chair this program. During her career, she has worked at libraries of all sizes and did a children's program for ALA.  Sara will coordinate with CAL and the Colorado State Library to create a program to be offered in the summer of 2009. Thanks for volunteering, Sara!

§         Katharine Phenix will be on the committee. There is a Yahoo Group for the summer reading program that Becky Spilver will revive.  There are several other members of CAL RAIG who are willing to volunteer for various jobs on the project.

§         Paul Gonzales of Jeffco is an excellent graphic artist who did their summer reading artwork last year.

§         California has great ideas for adult summer programs

 

CoRAIG Wiki:

Discussed how to add and revise items on our readers' advisory wiki, called CoRaZone (Colorado Readers' Advisory Zone):

Go to http://c-rad.pbwiki.com/

§         You'll be asked to create a login with your name and email address.

§         The password is "readers".

There are two ways to edit the page:

1) Using the very friendly "Point-and-Click" mode that looks just like a page of text, and

2) Using the Classic mode which shows the html code (harder to use)

In the upper right corner of the page, you can click to switch between Classic mode and Point-and-Click mode.

Crash course in pbwiki is at the bottom of the page.

Lots of different resources available, links to authors, publishers, etc

Book Organization of Colorado is a good spot, a listing for book events around the state, also authors who will come to libraries

 

Spring Workshop:

Wednesday, May 28, full-day workshop (see above)

 

Other 2008 Meetings

Wednesday, August 12, 2008, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.  at Koelbel Library

CAL Conference meeting—date not yet determined

 

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