Remember how I love blogging? It’s still totally true. I’m really enjoying being the member manager of The Hub. Despite my own advice on careful selecting professional projects, I’ve had so many amazing opportunities come up recently that I simply can’t turn them down. About a year ago, I had a bit of an identity… Continue reading One Librarian, Many Blogs
Author: Molly Wetta
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Beyond the Bestsellers: Building Diverse and Balanced Collections
Yesterday I got to meet lots of librarians at the North Central Kansas Library System Teen Workshop. I spoke about why it’s so important to have a diverse collection (even if you don’t live in a diverse place) and resources for discovering and evaluating books. A pdf set of the slides can be found here: Beyond the… Continue reading Beyond the Bestsellers: Building Diverse and Balanced Collections
Urban Fantasy Genre Guide
We’ve started a new kind of book club at my library: a genre book club. Each month, staff selects a sample reading list for a genre, patrons sign up for a book from the list, and then staff facilitate a discussion where each participant can discuss the book they read and how it relates to… Continue reading Urban Fantasy Genre Guide
Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
While visiting my brother in sunny California this summer, I cheated on my assigned summer reading by sneaking in some advanced readers’ copies into my beach reading. I was craving a feel good, layered contemporary YA romance, and while it wasn’t my favorite of Huntley Fitzpatrick’s novels, the companion to My Life Next Door still delivered… Continue reading Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Why Librarians Don’t Want to Buy Your Self-Published Book
When a self-published author contacts someone in the collection development department at my library, we let out a collective groan. Inevitably, our answer to the request to add their book to our collection will feel personal, which is awkward. It will definitely mean more work for us no matter what, and for acquisitions and cataloging staff… Continue reading Why Librarians Don’t Want to Buy Your Self-Published Book
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