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'LJ' Series 'Redefining RA': Keeping up with Genres

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Title: 'LJ' Series 'Redefining RA': Keeping up with Genres
Language: English
Authors: Wyatt, Neal
Source: Library Journal. Nov 2008 133(18):30-33.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 4
Publication Date: 2008
Intended Audience: Media Staff
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Librarians, Literary Genres, Classification, Selection Tools, Library Education, Reference Services, Reading Material Selection
ISSN: 0363-0277
Abstract: Genre is a hot issue in readers' advisory (RA) circles right now. Many people are looking at how genre functions and morphs. Studying a genre is not a new idea. Over two decades ago, and even longer in less formal ways, librarians began gathering to study genres--asking such questions as in what genre does this book fit and why, what are its features and categories, what are readers responding to, and which authors are they reading? Today, what most RA librarians take for granted--that there is a framework of knowledge that can be applied to broad classifications of books--did not always exist. The frameworks were developed through genre studies--the concentrated focus on a genre to discover its appeal. In this article, the author offers several tips for conducting genre studies.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2008
Access URL: https://www.libraryjournal.com/toc-archive/2008/20081101.html
Accession Number: EJ819043
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Genre is a hot issue in readers' advisory (RA) circles right now. Many people are looking at how genre functions and morphs. Studying a genre is not a new idea. Over two decades ago, and even longer in less formal ways, librarians began gathering to study genres--asking such questions as in what genre does this book fit and why, what are its features and categories, what are readers responding to, and which authors are they reading? Today, what most RA librarians take for granted--that there is a framework of knowledge that can be applied to broad classifications of books--did not always exist. The frameworks were developed through genre studies--the concentrated focus on a genre to discover its appeal. In this article, the author offers several tips for conducting genre studies.
ISSN:0363-0277