Readers' Advisory Service: New Directions.

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick

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ERIC Number: EJ430283

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Readers' Advisory Service: New Directions.

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick

RQ, v30 n4 p503-18 Sum 1991

Discusses the role of readers' advisors in public libraries based on readers' responses to open-ended, qualitative interviews on reading for pleasure. Topics discussed include how books help people, how readers choose books, what they like and dislike about fiction collections in libraries, and how libraries and librarians can be more helpful to them in choosing books. (44 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Fiction, Interviews, Library Collections, Library Role, Library Services, Public Libraries, Qualitative Research, Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Reading Material Selection, Recreational Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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