Readers' Advisory: RA School: Learning from ILS Faculty

Authors

  • Mary Grace Flaherty
  • Lisa K Hussey
  • Catherine Sheldrick Ross
  • Paulette Rothbauer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.59.3/4.7718

Abstract

Building upon our “eavesdropping” columns that invite groups of advisors to gather via email and discuss practice, philosophy, and methods, this issue invites us all back to school. Here four ILS faculty gather to consider the key principles of Readers’ Advisory (RA) and their philosophy of RA service. They also answer why RA is not taught more broadly and they, of course, have a book to share. Most centrally, in this wide-ranging conversation, their passion for the service and the importance they place upon the activity of reading shines through.—Editors

Author Biography

Mary Grace Flaherty

Mary Grace Flaherty, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science. Lisa K Hussey, Associate Professor, Simmons University, School of Library and Information Science. Catherine Sheldrick Ross, former FIMS Dean, Professor Emerita, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Information and Media Studies. Paulette Rothbauer, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Information and Media Studies.

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Published

2021-12-20

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 3/4 (2021): Spring/Summer

Section

Columns

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