Want to boost your library's image in your community or school, provide
better service, and increase your library's circulation? One sure way to do
this is to get your library involved in readers' advisory service. It
doesn't matter if you come from a one-person library or a library that has
several staff members. Every librarian can do this! Whether you are a
seasoned readers' advisor or just beginning this exciting new activity in
your library, you won't want to miss this workshop with Joyce Saricks.

The event is open to all regardless of your district affiliation.  There are
two opportunities to attend:
July 23rd in Bangor and July 24th in Topsham.  Registration will be closing
on July 17th.  To register go to
http://evanced.info/maine/evanced/eventcalendar.asp.

Joyce Saricks became literature and audio services coordinator at the
Downers Grove (Illinois) Public Library in 1983, when she and Nancy Brown
created a readers' advisory service there. She has presented hundreds
workshops on readers' advisory for public libraries and library systems and
has spoken at state, regional, and national library conferences. In 2001 she
published her third edition of Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public
library and this year the second edition of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to
Genre Fiction. Joyce authors the “At Leisure” column in Booklist as well as
a consultant and readalikes author and coordinator for NoveList. Saricks was
the 1989 recipient of the Public Library Association’s Allie Beth Martin
Award, which honors “an extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about
books or other library materials and ..a distinguished ability to share that
knowledge.” In 2000 the Romance Writers of America named her Librarian of
the Year.  Joyce is known both nationally and internationally as one of the
experts in Reader's Advisory.  You won't want to miss her!

If you have additional questions, please contact Valerie Osborne/NMLD
(947-8336) or Stephanie Zurinski/CMLD (287-5620).