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November 9, 2006
Successful "Book Reviews" Program
From Sherry Kowalski, Vice President of the Reference Section
The “Book Reviews” program held on Monday October 23rd at the Bridgewater Branch of the Somerset County Library System was a success! There were 84 people in attendance and the feedback was positive. This program was co-sponsored by the Reference Section and the Readers Advisory Roundtable.
The program featured four guest speakers, Brad Hooper, Kimberly Paone, Deborah Bigelow and Sarah Gold. Brad Hooper is the Adult Books Editor of Booklist magazine. He provided many examples of reviews that he critiqued. Kimberly Paone is the Supervisor of Adult and Teen Services at the Elizabeth Public Library. Ms. Paone reviews for the Voice of Youth Advocates, School Library Journal and has done guest reviews for Reference and User Services Quarterly. She talked about the differences of reviewing young adult books opposed to adult books. Deborah Bigelow is the Director of Leonia Public Library and reviews self help books for Library Journal. She talked about how reviewing books has been useful for her work at the library. Sarah Gold has been the Editor of Publishers Weekly for seven years and prior to that she was Editor of Kirkus for five years. She talked about her experiences while working for these review journals and offered advice on writing reviews.
I would like to thank all of the librarians in attendance. You help make the programs that we offer a success!
Posted by mowyn at November 9, 2006 2:45 PM
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