01394    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001200150072002100162072002100183072002100204072001700225100001700242245003700259250000600296260003200302300001000334520079600344113898459020250317100413.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9781138984592  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 35.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aGL2thema7 aGL2bic7 aLAN0250002bisac7 aLIT0070002bisac7 aLIT0170002bisac7 a028.92bisac1 aLinda S Katz10aReaders, Reading, and Librarians  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210930  a230 p  bThis vital book reaffirms librarians’enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries-from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. Readers, Reading, and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books.Readers, Reading, and Librarians examines: reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading the need for librarians to sponsor book groups the current focus on “electronic wonders” balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services and much more!