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Reader Development

Paula Kelly – Manager, Reader Development & Library Learning

centre for youth literature

activities and events

professional development

online tools

state library of victoria

bookgigs

booktalkers for teenagers

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www.slv.vic.gov.au/readalert/

outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend.Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.

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www.insideadog.com.au

Reader development - adults

activities and events

professional development

online tools

Reader Development

Based on the ideas of Opening the Book, UK(Rachel van Riel)

Aims:• increase people’s enjoyment of reading• open up reading choices• offer opportunities for people to share their

reading experience• raise the status of reading as a creative activity

Reader Development

• Professional DevelopmentActivities Programs

• ‘Reading Victoria’ summer reading campaign

Reader Development

• Professional DevelopmentReading Victoria• Short list 20 books set in Victoria Brochures – public libraries/ bookshops

• Launch event Dec 7th 11am

• Program reader centred activities

• Website, sms voting

• Wrap up event and media

• ‘Reading Victoria’ summer reading campaign

Reader Development

Professional Development

• Online mentorship cascade model

Reader Development

Professional Development• Frontline mentorship cascade model

• 7 modules self paced online PD

• Victorian Pilot 1st Year

• Funding negotiations

• 3 staff per library service

Reader Development

online tools

Reader development list serve Reader to reader selection/recommendation tool

Reader development

www.whichbook.net

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ReferencesDemsey, L., The Library Catalogue in the new Discovery Environment. Ariadne, Issue 48, UKOLN. [Online] http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/dempsey/ (Last modified 14 Aug 2006)

Insideadog.com.au. Youth Literature Website. Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. [Online] http://www.insideadog.com.au

Leadbeater, Charles. Libraries and the Creative Economy. The Library of the 21st Century Symposium, held by the State Library of Victoria on 23 February 2006. [Online] http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/htsearch?words=charles+leadbeater.

What is reader development? Branching Out, Reader Development Program. Opening the Book, UK. (n.d.) [Online] http://www.branching-out.net/branching-out/page2.asp?idno=519

Whichbook.net ( a completely new way of choosing what to read). Opening the book, UK. (n.d.) [Online] http://www.whichbook.net/