In the Bookroom

August 23, 2006

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1. Why are you limiting feedback to librarians?

   Comment by Rachel — August 23, 2006 @ 10:54 am

2. Hey, Rachel. I figured I should pitch to our target audience first and foremost. And when I say librarian, I should say you don’t necessarily have to have an MLS. You could be a library assistant of some kind, a parapro as we call them.

   Comment by Heather McCormack — August 23, 2006 @ 12:54 pm

3. I will do just about anything for free books. Seriously, I really appreciate LJ online. It keeps me current until I have the leisure time to read the hard copy magazine. As a book selector, the top three items I use in my job are:
   Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Booklist, in that order. PW tells me what’s coming out, and LJ and Booklist confirm my book-buying intuition with solid reviews. Of course, I supplement these with other tools, but I religiously read my top three cover-to-cover.

   Kate Graf, Reference Librarian
   Daniel Boone Regional Library
   Callaway County Public Library
   710 Court St.
   Fulton, MO 65251
   Voice: 573-642-7261
   Email: kgraf@coin.org

   Comment by Kate Graf — August 23, 2006 @ 3:00 pm

4. Kate,
   You wrote the blueprint for the kind of response I want. Thank you so much. I might give you two books. Speaking of, what are you craving???

   Comment by Heather McCormack — August 24, 2006 @ 9:23 am

5. Hi Heather. Thank you for your kind request that I be blessed. Believe me, I need all the help I can get. I enjoy the lively and thoughtful bloggings that the LJ staff provides. Nice to see some responses to your latest comment. If free books are what is needed to stir up some response, so be it. As for me, I get so many excellent books to review from LJ and my other magazine, that I don’t have a hankering for anything specific. Although, I suppose I could always use a book of stamps. Best regards. Karl

   Comment by Karl Helicher — August 24, 2006 @ 9:34 am

6. Hi Heather - Seems to me that part of the problem is that readership of this blog is low - maybe more publicity is needed? I stumbled across it because I googled something. Even though I’m aware of it (disclaimer: I am an LJ reviewer), it doesn’t occur to me to come and read it. Tell librarians why they need to come check out the blog, make it relevant, and they will come. Does that help at all?? : )

   Comment by Rebecca — September 6, 2006 @ 2:55 pm

7. I think more people would read and respond to these blogs if they were easier to find. It might help to put a link that says “LJ blogs” on the home page.

   Comment by Patsy Katterjohn — September 11, 2006 @ 12:30 am

8. I agree with Patsy’s comment. Your blog is not easy to find and would benefit from more publicity. Why isn’t there a link to it on LJ.com’s homepage?

   I am very interested in what your department is reading and enjoying. Perhaps you can tell us what books are on your shelf? What books are waiting in the wings to be reviewed?

   Thanks and keep blogging.

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