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1. Future of Review Guidance
YALSA 2012 Young Adult Literature Symposium

3. Who We Are
• Angela Carstensen, Convent of the Sacred Heart, NY, NY, and
blog editor for Adult Books 4 Teens, SLJ
@AngeReads
• Carla Riemer, Claremont Middle School, Oakland, CA, Adult
Books 4 Teens reviewer
claremontmslibrary@gmail.com
• Francisca Goldsmith, Infopeople Project, Folsom, CA, library
staff developer, reviewer and blogger
fgoldsmith@gmail.com
• Talia Sherer, Macmillan, Library publicist
Talia.sherer@macmillan.com

4. What We Want to Explore
with You
What is the role of the professional book review now
that social media outlets serve as book info
resource channels?
How do book-related social media communications
address various needs of library staff who work
with teen readers?

5. What We Plan to Discuss
(during that 45 minutes we're asking that you hold
your own questions)
technical changes in review publishing
increasing access to review publishing
how to get on board reviewing
review, vs reader response
popular magazines’ coverage of teen interest books
blog coverage’s expansion of info on small presses, authors of
color, women authors and some genres
retooling professional collection managers' intellectual work
role of social media for publishers, reviewers and readers

6. Angela developed the
following survey, and both
she and Carla used it at
their schools to discern
how teens find book
recommendations.

14. While Angela reported her
results, with her 9-12
graders, Carla reports hers
as follows, having converted
the responses she received
from her 6-8 graders.

16. How important is the
library market in getting a
title out to teen readers?

17. How is a professional
reviewer approaching
a book differently from
an avocational
blogger?
Is blogging helping
teens to find books of
more interest?
Bloggers as pointing
up more diversity
among featured books
and more diverse
reading experiences

19. What makes a review a good one for professional purposes?

20. What are the ethical
ramifications around
pay-for-review
arrangements?

21. What are the downsides of the trend away from pithy
professional reviews?

22. What are the limitations by which professional reviews are
bound? How do these affect the professional reviews’
efficacy?

23. How are collection developers and readers’ advisors
adjusting work to incorporate social media channels with
formal, “professional” review reading?

24. How
are e-
galleys
changi
ng the
review
game?

25. For Further Reading
“The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy” New York Times, 25 August
2012 (http://tinyurl.com/cbhzgel)
“KidLitCon 2012: Critical Reviewing in the Age of Twitter” School Library
Journal 1 October 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/ca5jyuw)
“Against Enthusiasm: The epidemic of niceness in online book culture”
Slate 4 August 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/c9z2p2d)
A Moment of Jen posting 17 January 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/6uk4jpc)
“Where Things Stand” The Rumpus 6 June 2012
(http://tinyurl.com/7pjwun6)
“Keith Gray on Censorship and Writing for Young Adults” Daily PEN
American 1 October 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/a74rbzx)

26. Want to follow up on all
this?
• Symposium ning now lists documentation we used
and developed
• You can contact us
• Follow up remarks are expected on the Hub--that's
up to you!