Readers' Advisory for LIS 7630

Outreach ThroughReaders' Advisory

In an Academic Library

Amber Fick: @amfick08Kaia Sievert: @knsievert

A Presentation by

Wilson Library

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How It All Began

From Our Collections Display

The Cover was Blue

Unlikely Pairings

Sample Description

I Mustache you toread this book

From Our Collections Display

Beach ReadsBanned Books

Writings from the UCozy Reads

March MadnessAward Winning Reads

Page to ScreenGraphic Content

I mustache You...The Cover Was BlueUnlikely Pairings

Books for Your Bucket ListBack to the Future

Banned AuthorsMicrohistories

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All the displays in order

Halloween Pop-up LibraryOctober 2014

Blind Date with a Book DisplayFebruary 2015

Book Matchmaking

Form Found atz.umn.edu/bookmatch

February 2015

Book Matchmaking

Basement DisplayMarch 2015

Spring Break Pop-up LibraryMarch 2015

Summer Reading BINGO Challenge

http://z.umn.edu/summerread15

Promotion

Quick Side NoteJoin our St. Kate's MLIS GoodReads group and our 2015

MLIS Summer Reading Challenge!

http://bit.ly/stkatemlisgr

http://booksownme.tumblr.com/post/87311095809

http://www.quickmeme.com/Summer-Reading

Pop-up Library PlansLemonade Stand! Farmers Market

Lemonade Stand photo by eren {sea+prairie} on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)Poster from University of Minnesota Farmers Market Facebook Page

Our Favorite Resources

Differences in the Academic Realm

Not in our job descriptionLayout of libraryCollection morespecializedOther librarians comfortwith RALack of coversNon-circulatingcollections

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Thank You!Amber Fick: [email protected]

Kaia Sievert: [email protected]/resources: bit.ly/raoutreach7630