Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Start Time:
12 Noon Pacific/1PM Mountain/2PM Central/3PM Eastern
For
the last 15 years, public and high school libraries have been exploring the
under-reviewed and small press produced genre of street lit. It is most often
passed hand to hand or through publishing parties held by the authors, and
often appeals to readers with interests outside the majority culture. With
increasing amounts of professional discussions now available on the strengths
and challenges street lit collections can offer your library’s users, it’s time
to look at the appeal that holds for readers.
Street
lit is not without its controversies. Learning why and how some libraries have
decided to include it in their collections will help your library decide
whether it’s feasible and appropriate for your community. Knowing how your
community may react to its inclusion in your library will increase your value
as the community’s readers’ advisor and/or fiction collection developer.
At
the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
- Be able to identify the current hallmarks of street lit as a genre.
- Recognize the dynamic nature of reader context as individuals make reading choices, and the role mainstream publishing plays in reading options.
- Be familiar with street lit’s potential controversies that may arise locally and know how to discuss them with readers and potential readers.
- Be able to locate critical and collection resources pertaining to the inclusion of street lit in the library’s collection.
- Be able to connect street lit titles in the collection to works in other genres and formats.
This
webinar will be of interest to collection development and readers' advisory
staff in public and high school libraries.
For more information and to participate in the Wednesday,
February 12th, 2014 webinar, go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=370.
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access the archived version the day following the webinar. Check our
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