Beyond It's Good: Evaluating & Reviewing Books for Youth

[close] Beyond "It's Good..." : Evaluating & Reviewing Books for Youth

A Simmons GSLIS CE Workshop

Learn to evaluate books for youth with a discriminating eye! Beth Gallaway, Alex Award Committee member and owner/administrator of the Hip Librarian's Book Blog (http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.c...) will cover terms to know and things to watch out for. Participants should be prepared to produce written reviews picture books, nonfiction and chapter books less than one year old.

By the end of this session, participants will:

* Learn how to read a book review with a critical eye;
* Share online and print review resources, selection materials and resources for children's collections;
* Discuss criteria for evaluating fiction and nonfiction for youth;
* Discover the nuts and bolts of writing reviews of books for youth;
* Test new evaluation skills by editing a written review.

Advance copies and galleys to examine can be provided to early registrants upon request. If you are NOT interested in book reviewing, this session will provide a solid overview of selecting for excellence that will aid collection development.

Register online at http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/con... [close]