Featured Article

A Tribute to Kenneth Shearer by Robert Burgin

Kenneth Decker Shearer was a consummate librarian, a brilliant mind and gentle spirit who touched the lives of many. A teacher, a scholar, a family man, and a friend…
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Scholarship and Research

A Brief History of Historical Fiction by Sarah Johnson

Historical fiction is one of the oldest forms of storytelling. Members of long-ago cultures, from Babylonia to ancient Greece and Rome, proudly recounted tales of their forebears' heroism and defeats. Many of these stories have passed down to us over the years…
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Library Perspective

Readers' Advisory in the Blogosphere by Sarah Statz Cords

If you're a practicing readers' advisor, you may think you don't have time for blogging. You may have even tired of the professional dialogue about blogs…
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Industry Perspective

Why Romance? Top Six Reasons Why You Should Respect this Genre…and Include It In Your Library by Cathie Linz

… These books have a powerful appeal to their readers. I'm often asked why. My answer is they're both powerful and popular for the same reason that paintings by Monet and music by Tchaikovsky are—because they appeal to the emotions. …
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