Readers Reading and Librarians

<p>This vital book 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. Readers Reading and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. 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.Readers Reading and Librarians examines:</p><ul> <li> reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading </li> <li> the need for librarians to sponsor book groups </li> <li> the current focus on “electronic wonders” </li> <li> balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services </li> <li> and much more! </li> </ul>