Hello! My name is Arianna Cook and this is the blog I'll be using for Readers' Advisory Spring 2020!

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Week 16 prompt response: Since I was a child my interests in reading and books have changed, obviously. I feel like when we were learning to read in elementary school that I wasn't so quick to catch on, but that might've just been me comparing myself to a super smart girl in my class who read constantly and not out loud. I was probably just very jealous. As a child, I chose books that featured something I was interested in, usually horses or other animals, but I also had books that were given to me as gifts. I remember receiving the Winnie the Pooh series which I sort of liked and then some other books where the morals were very clear in them. Maybe I needed guidance? (Ha!) As I advanced through elementary school and we started to read chapter books, I remember never liking anything we had to read. I only enjoyed the books that I chose for myself at the library. I remember during this time finding certain authors that I liked and reading everything my school library had b...
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Week 13 prompt response: I don't think adults should be shamed out of reading graphic novels or young adult books. I read both! I would say that the majority of YA checkouts at my library are by teens but I also see a lot of adults checking them out for themselves. The majority of graphic novels are checked out by adults in my opinion even though my library separates them into regular graphic novels and YA graphic novels (the two sections face each other, so if you're browsing YA graphic novels you can turn around and the regular graphic novels are right behind you and vice versa. So it's not like they're separated in order to censor, it's just by age level). As librarians we can make sure we are able to serve adults who enjoy graphic novels and YA books by making a case for acquiring those materials for the library's collection. By obtaining the newest titles in both genres, we can ensure that those parts of the collection are up to date. We can also be su...
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Week 14 prompt response: It would be my initial reaction not to separate the LGBTQ or urban fiction books from the general fiction collection. One reason is space. Rearranging an established collection (like we have at my library) is a difficult process and takes a lot of planning and time. It can also leave shelves empty with books on carts where patrons can't browse them and therefore they don't get checked out for however long it takes to finish the rearranging of the collection. I know from experience that once a project like moving or rearranging gets started at the library, it isn't always finished in a timely manner or other changes crop up along the way. Another reason is that is does take away from serendipitous discovery like the prompt says. A lot of patrons have their certain genres or authors that they stick to religiously, but there are a lot of patrons who run out of series or a certain author's works and ask for suggestions. This is an opportunity fo...
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