Outreach Through Readers' Advisory in an Academic Library

Outreach ThroughReaders' Advisory

In an Academic Library

Becky AdamskiAmber FickKaia Sievert

Danika Stegeman

A Presentation byUMN Wilson Library staff:

From Our Collections Display

The Cover was Blue

Unlikely Pairings

Banned Books

I Mustache you to read this book

Pop-up Libraries

Blind Date with a Book Display

Book Matchmaking

Form Found atz.umn.edu/bookmatch

What YOU can doto get started

Start Small

1st Display: Beach Reads11 books chosen from staff recommendations

Be Strategic

Image credit: 'Chess' by JasonBrown2013 on Flickr. Used under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license

Use Resources

Tap into Staff

MLIS students

Poetry experts

Trivia Buffs

Non-fiction LoversGenre Enthusiasts

Take an ALA.org RA class

SuccessfulOutreach!Tap Icon created by Kenneth von Alt from the Noun Project. Used under a CC By 3.0 license

http://www.ala.org/rusa/development/

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Thank You!Becky Adamski: adam0311@umn.eduAmber Fick: amfick@umn.eduKaia Sievert: ksievert@umn.eduDanika Stegeman: steg0049@umn.edu

Presentation/resources: z.umn.edu/raoutreach