For those of you looking for full text reviews and purchasing abiility - =
try Folett's online database - www.titlewave.com I have had much luck =
with it in addition to reading a few professional journals. =20
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. =20
Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." =20
- Groucho Marx
Melissa Gergen
Library Media Specialist
Guilderland High School
861-8591 ext. 5801
8 School Road
Guilderland Center, NY 12085
>>> "Brisco, Shonda" <briscos@TRINITYVALLEYSCHOOL.ORG> 09/30/04 12:22PM =
>>>
Another note to the Kirkus Review...
The Christian Science Monitor's book editor, Ron
Charles, reported recently on a new program from Kirkus Reviews,
which will let publishers buy placement in new publications.=3D20
Self-published authors can get a review for $350....???
....this now brings into play the challenge of locating resources with
reputable reviews that are not driven by their advertisers (publishers)
but rather that are driven by the needs of their readers (librarians
making professional collection decisions).
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
briscos@trinityvalleyschool.org=20
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharron McElmeel
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:15 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=20
Subject: Re: Gossip Girl Challenge NOW online Book reviews
You might be aware that Amazon no longer has Kirkus Reviews on their
site (at least the recent reviews). Quoting entire book reviews online
is a copyright violation UNLESS one has made arrangements to
do so. Thus, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. pay the reviewing
sources to republish their reviews on line. Evidently Amazon thought
the cost was too much to continue their contract with Kirkus so reviews
from that source is no longer included in the offerings from Amazon
although Barnes and Noble continues to include them on their site.
Neither site has ever (to my knowledge) included reviews from sources
such as Library Media Specialist (old Library Talk/Book
Report) or other valuable but not so major resources.
Most of the reviewing sources have access to their reviews online --
usually for a subscription fee; the advantage to online is that the
reviews are searchable electronically.
Sharron McElmeel
At 10:33 AM -0500 30/9/04, Cindy Rider wrote:
>I'm writing to defend the librarian who mentioned using reviews on=3D20
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>Amazon as a source of reviews when I need something quickly and can't=3D20=
>find the title in the BIP database. It never seems to be as up-to-date
>as Amazon! Since Amazon frequently includes reviews from "standard=3D20
>selection tools" such as SLJ, Kirkus, and Booklist, I see no problem=3D20
>with consulting it.
>
>
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>>>> "Brisco, Shonda" <briscos@TRINITYVALLEYSCHOOL.ORG> 09/30/04=3D20
>>>> 08:37AM
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>We each have our selection policies and curriculums that guide us to=3D20
>make the choices that we do for the materials in our libraries;=3D20
>however,
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