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SUMMARY:Webinar: 2025 Readers' Advisory Year in Review
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is exclusive to PLAN member libraries\, and the recording will be posted to the PLAN Niche Academy within a week of the live event. \n\n\n\n2025 has moved into our rearview\, everyone is eager to jump into the fresh start of 2026\, but hold up for just a bit longer! It is important\, every year\, to take a step back and look critically at the year that was before setting goals or service plans for the next year. \n\n\n\nJoin noted Readers’ Advisory expert\, Becky Spratford as she walks you through the highlights [and lowlights] of 2025 in Adult Leisure Reading. \n\n\n\nFrom the biggest trends\, to the authors\, titles\, and genres that broke through\, Becky will break it all down for you\, wringing out the best of 2025 to take with us as we plan our service to adult readers for 2026. \n\n\n\nWho will Benefit from this Program: \n\n\n\n\nAll staff that interacts with patrons\, all circulation staff members and reader’s advisory staff\n\n\n\n\nBecky Spratford ~ Biography \n\n\n\nBecky Spratford [MLIS] is a Librarian in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She writes reviews for Booklist and a Horror review column for Library Journal. Becky was a 24 year locally elected Library Trustee and a former Board member for both the Reaching Across Illinois Library System and the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with Horror readers\, Becky is the author of three text books for library workers\, most recently\, The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror\, Third Edition [ALA Editions\, 2021] and the recently released Why I Love Horror [Saga Press\, 2025]. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association\, currently serving as the Association’s Secretary and Co-Chair of their Library Committee. You can follow Becky on Bluesky @raforall.bsky.social
URL:https://planfl.org/event/webinar-2025-readers-advisory-year-in-review/
CATEGORIES:Collection Development,Reader's Advisory
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