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Readers, Reading, and Librarians reaffirms librarians' enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. It explores the future of the book as a medium and examines reasons for the decline in pleasure reading and the need for librarians to sponsor book groups. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books.
List of contents
- Introduction: Remembrance of Things Past--and Future
- Reading, Books, and Librarians
- Making Choices: What Readers Say About Choosing Books to Read for Pleasure
- The Book's Remarkable Longevity in the Face of New Communications Technologies--Past, Present, and Future
- Some Speculation on the Future of the Book
- The Meaning of Reading: Fiction and Public Libraries
- Books Are for Use? Keeping the Faith in Reading
- A Librarian's Thoughts on Reading
- Readers' Advisory
- From Reading Words to Reading the World: Readers' Advisory for Adult Literacy Students
- Reading the Future of the Public Library
- Reaching Library Patrons with Special Services and Materials
- Flow: The Benefits of Pleasure Reading and Tapping Readers' Interests
- Children and Reading
- Clues from Conversations: An Overview of Research in Children's Response to Literature
- “The Heart's Field”: Landscapes of Children's Literature
- Librarians in Fiction
- From Cosmo and Alec to the Tallest Man in the World: Some Fictional Librarians and Their Patrons
- Best Books and the Canon
- Best Books and Readers
- A Prevalence of Lists
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
About the author
Bill Katz
