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Nonfiction readers' advisory / edited by Robert Burgin.
- Title
- Nonfiction readers' advisory / edited by Robert Burgin.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
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Text | Use in library | Z711.55 .N66 2004 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Burgin, Robert.
- Description
- xiii, 250 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Explores how readers' advisors can expand their repertoire and make better use of the library's collection by incorporating nonfiction into the readers' advisory.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Joyce G. Saricks -- Part I. The Case for Nonfiction -- A history of readers' advisory service in the public library / Bill Crowley -- Beyond boundaries / Kathleen de la Pena McCook -- Part II. Nonfiction Materials -- Many kinds of grafted truths : an introduction to nonfiction / David Carr -- The appeal of nonfiction : a tale of many tastes / Kenneth D. Shearer -- Hearing and seeing : the case for audiovisual materials / Michael Vollmar-Grole -- Part III. Nonfiction Readers -- Reading nonfiction for pleasure : what motivates readers? / Catherine Ross -- True stories : portraits of four nonfiction readers / Duncan Smith -- Nonfiction and young readers / Crystal Paris -- Nonfiction advisory services in the school library media center / Marcia Kochel -- Books that inspire : nonfiction for a multicultural society / Alma Dawson and Connie van Fleet -- Part IV. Practical Advice -- Readers' advisory in the real world / Stacy Alesi -- The story's the thing : narrative nonfiction for recreational reading / Vicki Novak.
- ISBN
- 159158115X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004048642^^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library