Assignments 1-2
I was able to read both articles and watch the presentation. I am usually a fiction reader, but do enjoy narrative non-fiction a great deal, but, like anything, it is using appeal factors to really find the right book. The articles pointed out the necessity for a librarian to familiarize themselves with current narrative non fiction titles, to best help customers who come to the branch. Showing them a dewey area may not be enough, you may have to pull out a title or two and actually do a booktalk. There are several non fiction titles I like to use as "go to" non fiction, but I also have to keep on top of titles that are currently coming out. Sometimes looking at the New York Times bestseller lists for non fiction can give me a quick fix of what is popular.
The four genres I will be working on are:
crime
faith
science
history
Crime will be easy because I love true crime and am anxious to look and see what titles have recently surfaced in that area. The others are non fiction that I don't normally read at all, so I see it as a bit of a challenge. I will be sure to post what I have discovered.
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