Absolutely! GraceAnne is right, I'm a media specialist and review for both
SLJ and Library Media Connection. I think that you'll find that there are
reviewers you'll agree with and those you won't, once you begin reading one
or more of these resources regularly, you'll begin to recognize the names
of the reviewers (and also see which schools/libraries they are from). I
always make sure to note if books are curriculum-connected, storytime
appropriate or best left to large public collections.
Genevieve
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Genevieve Gallagher
Librarian & CTIP
VL Murray Elementary School
Charlottesville, VA
434-977-4599
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On 7/15/06 5:02 PM, "GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido" <ladyhawk@WELL.COM>
wrote:
> I would like to point out that Booklist, School Library
> Journal, Kirkus, and VOYA are specific reviews from your
> colleagues: librarians, media specialists, and others who
> do the work you do and write reviews for publication. A
> blurb in a magazine or catalog is not a review.
> I don't think that anyone who buys books for a library can
> do without having at least one of those sources to hand.
> GraceAnne DeCandido, reviewer for Booklist and for Kirkus
>
> The honorable Marsha Redd noted on 15 Jul 2006 thusly:
>
>> My thanks as well. Specific reviews from a colleague are way
>> more helpful than page after page of blurbs in a magazine or
>> catalog.
>>
>>
>>
>> Marsha Redd
>> Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
>> Grand Rapids, MI
>> marsharedd@hotmail.com
>> Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
>> is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: Alisa Humphrey <humphrey@HUGHES.NET>
>> Reply-To: humphrey@hughes.net
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Book Reviews - HEARTY AGREEMENT
>> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:01:41 -0400
>>
>> I heartily agree with Debbie Dougharty regarding book
>> reviews posted! Book reviews are helpful because being a
>> school library is a little different than being a public
>> library. We need to concentrate on 11-14 year-olds in my
>> building, so more information is useful!
>>
>> Alisa Humphrey
>> Media Specialist
>> Ridgeview Junior High
>> Pickerington Local Schools
>> humphrey@hughes.net
>>
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> GraceAnne A. DeCandido
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> Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature
> Rutgers SCILS PDS
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> Favorite titles Summer 2006
> http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html
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> Geno Leech, fisher-poet, Oregon 2006
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