Coming Up in Health

Nice article about what to look for in health publishing in upcoming months.

"Health Front and Center." Publisher's Weekly 8/4/08 p. 27

The market indicates people are very concerned about health care and costs. People are also feeling overwhelmed by unending advice on staying well, what to eat, etc. They are looking for one easy "prescription" in a book.

Also: General information on topics and coping

Concern for the well-being of returning Iraqi veterans has put PTSD and brain trauma books near the top of the list for demand

Other areas:
Alzheimer's
Longevity and Aging
Cancer
Women's Health

Great group of new RA tools!

Wow did Sarah Houghton-Jan hit it on the head with this one. Tons of stuff to explore here!

Sarah's Reference Warehouse: Readers Advisory
from LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan

Football Season is Looming

The heck with the Olympics. Every red-blooded American knows football season is upon us. Here's an interesting tidbit from

(title unknown)
from The Reader's Advisor Online Blog by Cindy Orr
"Tyndale’s Christian Football BooksTyndale House has released its third football-related title that seems headed to the top of the regular bestseller lists. Jim Tressel, the coach of Ohio State’s football team, wrote The Winners Manual, which Tyndale hopes will sell as well as Tony Dungy’s Quiet Strength, and Deanna Favre’s Don’t Bet Against Me."

We're not sure exactly what this signifies but we're hoping it means that language of viewers across the country will improve. :-)

Kinda Defined: Beach Reads

We here at librarylandroundup have previously confessed to cluelessness as to just what exactly a "Beach Read" is. We suspected, and still maintain, that the beach/vacation/summer read for an adult could include leisurely reads. After some study of the summer movie season and book bestsellers, we have come to the conclusion that, for the majority of readers, summer/beach/vacation reading is somewhat similar. Whether this is due to the marketing of books and movies during summer or is somehow an actual human desire remains unclear.

Using Joyce Sarick's cross-genre RA framework and Nancy Pearl's "doorways" theory, we have come to the following conclusions:

Adrenaline: Fast-paced, thrilling, a real page-turner.

Intellect: Could be speculative, as in sf/fantasy/crossover or it could be escapist as in historicals or romance or a lot of westerns

Feeling: Lots of it. Thrills, chills, inspiration, love, etc.

Landscape: May or may not be important

Doorways:
The main doorways would be Adrenaline and Feeling. "Give me a heart-pounding, emotion-provoking book, please!"

Minor doorways would be Intellect and Landscape. "By the way, I just want an escape and I like a lot of description of the scenery."

That's it folks. Librarylandroundup sits corrected!

Graphic Politics

If you don't get enough political news on tv, radio, internet, and your office, now you can also get it via graphic novels! Both McCain and Obama have individual tomes and both strike a heroic pose on their respective covers

Holy Politicians! Obama, McCain Get Comic Books
from In the Bookroom

ACK! For shame!

FictionDB.com - free online readers advisory
from LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan

Our wise libraryland leader, Sarah Hougton-Jan has made an "oops!" We all know that readers advisory is a one-to-one practice which can be aided by databases and other lists. However great www.fictionDB.com is, it does not provide readers advisory.Only we, your friendly local librarians are the experts in this field!

Hop in the Wayback Machine!

This is good news for all you film buffs out there. Hope these lost scenes will soon be coming to a library dvd-supplier near you!

Jul 21, 2008 5:12 PM
Long-Lost Reels Of 1927's 'Metropolis' Recovered
from NPR Topics: Arts & Culture