This was presented as part of the 2016 NSW public library readers’ advisory seminar 23 March 2016.

2. Your Librarian – A Service of Warringah Council Library
Looking for your next great read?
Let us create a tailor made list of suggestions especially for you.
Visit our website
http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/library/read/your-librarian

3. Readers Advisory
The ability to ask someone about their reading preferences and being able to
interpret their answers (or non-answers as often the case is) with sensitivity
to their needs.
In other words, what I like to read isn’t what matters; it’s what the person standing in
front of me likes to read that matters. More than that, though, it’s about not judging
the readers’ tastes.
Why does good readers’ advisory matter?
There is nothing better than seeing a customer walk out of a library with exactly the
kind of book they want to read because you took the time to listen to what they like
and offer them something that makes them excited about reading.

8. Tell us about some books and authors you didn’t like and why
G by John Berger - I have no idea what they were thinking in the 70s. The
pictures made someone who was looking over my shoulder freak out.
I'm not keen on books with dark themes of family dysfunction etc. I don't like
violent or harrowing themes in fiction.
I won't read books where the first words in the blurb mention a character's
brutal murder.
Tell us about some books and authors you’ve enjoyed
I think I'd like political thrillers but just not with too high a body count
because that starts to become absurd.
Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about your reading or interests
that might help us?
I enjoy novels because lots of reading.
The Ask and the Answer

11. Go live to the website
http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/library
http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/library/read/
your-librarian
http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/library/read/
your-librarian/your-librarian-tailor-made-
reading-suggestions

12. Feedback
• Thank you so much for this list of titles. I'm very happy with your
suggestions and look forward to reading the books.
• Thank you so much for providing this reading list for me. Could I have
some more suggestions?
• It is nice to have this type of service. There are so many poorly written
books that it is excellent to have the guidance of an expert.
• I really appreciate you doing this so promptly. I am going to tell my
friends about this service.
• Thanks so much - I've read some of those and others are new. I'll have to
come down to the library to borrow them. Appreciate your suggestions!