[Eril-l] RUSA eCourse: Readers'Advisory: Experiencing Genre Fiction Course

[Melissa Tracy]

**Please forgive cross posting**
Please direct ALL questions to Jennifer Cross, RUSA's Web Services Manager at jcross at ala.org<mailto:jcross at ala.org>.
[Course] Readers' Advisory: Experiencing Genre Fiction<http://www.ala.org/rusa/onlinece/experiencing-genre-fiction>
3/20/17 - 4/21/17

Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for public librarians working in adult or young adult services.
Description
The Alien Genre Project is a five-week experiential learning activity that has readers' advisory as its primary focus. The idea is to ask participants to think of a genre or subject that they don't normally read and then immerse themselves in it so that they come away from the experience with the ability to converse with patrons who are seeking books in that area. The Project's secondary objective is to get participants to play with technology, such as screensharing and ebooks, that is highly relevant to the work of readers' advisory librarians. This course is suitable for public librarians working in adult or young adult services. For the convenience' sake, the course was designed to be asynchronous; however, there is one real-time group activity. Participants must have access to an ebook reader. Knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides is desirable but not required.
Takeaways

  *   Technology competency - Experiment with screensharing technology. Try out an e-book.
  *   Readers' advisory - Gain an understanding of a genre or subject that is not what you usually read.
  *   Critical thinking - Use concept maps to discuss how readers' advisory interviews work.
About RUSA
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)<http://rusa.ala.org/update/>, a division of the American Library Association<http://www.ala.org/>, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers' advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services and collection materials they need.

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