Clc Ra Roundtable South April 10, 2017

CLC RA ROUNDTABLE SOUTH – APRIL 10, 2017

Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library

Topic: Genre Study: Poetry and Short Stories

Introductions
Short Stories RA Presentation
Poetry RA Presentation
Discussion:
Which readers are looking for short stories and poetry, and why?
Which readers aren’t, but might enjoy it?
How can we share short stories and poetry outside of collections?
How does RA for these mediums vary with audience?
What are the challenges of RA for poetry and short stories?

Additional notes:

A good resource for learning about poetry in libraries is Poet’s House
Check out their Poetry in the Branches:
Short stories and poetry are both great for outreach visits, especially for seniors
Also great outreach to local writer’s groups—feature their work!
Don’t forget other formats, like audio, for poetry RA
Poetry doesn’t just have to circulate in bound volumes—print poems for displays!
A good resource is Poem in Your Pocket—already formatted
Poetry and short story collections are great for patrons looking for a quick read
Patrons often have a negative reaction to being told a book is short stories; try:
“It’s a novel where each chapter can stand alone.”
When stories are related, discuss how they are interlinked
Put on displays for stealth RA—more likely to be taken
When patrons say “I don’t like short stories,” they usually mean literary collections
Many genre authors and readers love short stories
Especially common in sci-fi, mystery, and romance
Good match for TV fans (ie GRRM stories for a Game of Thrones watcher)
Both short stories and poetry are a medium—not a genre!
The “dreaded 800s” is where many collections collect dust
Could we ever shelve these collections in with fiction, for better browsing?
Would be great for popular authors working in many genres
Good RA question: “What magazines/newspapers do you read?”
If they mention New Yorker, Esquire, etc—short stories may be a good fit
Look outside library resources and book sections for poetry reviews
The James Patterson Book Shots series isn’t working in ANY library (phew!)

Next meeting:Monday, May 8, 10am-12pm

Location: Westport Library
Topic: RA for Digital Collections

Recommended Anthologies

Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
Archer, Jeffrey. Cat o' Nine Tales: And Other Stories
Atwood, Margaret. Moral Disorder: Stories
Beattie, Ann. The New Yorker: Stories.
The Bedford anthology of world literature
The Best American Short Stories (annual)
Binchy, Maeve. The Return Journey
Bradbury, Ray. Summer Morning, Summer Night
Campbell, Ramsey. Ghosts and Grisly Things
A Century of Great Western Stories. WES
Chandler, Raymond. Raymond Chandler: Collected Stories. MYS
Chekhov, Anton. The Essential Tales of Chekhov
Chicago Blues
Christie, Agatha. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories. MYS
Cooper, J. California. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns
Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story.
Curtis, Rebecca. Twenty Grand: And Other Tales of Love and Money
Death Dines at 8:30: A Short Story Anthology. MYS
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. MYS
Dreaming Again: Thirty-Five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. SF
Enright, Anne. Yesterday's Weather: Stories
50 Great Short Stories
55 Short Stories from the New Yorker
Fitzgerald, F. Scott and Zelda. Bits of Paradise: 21 Uncollected Stories by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Gardam, Jane. The People on Privilege Hill: And Other Stories
Gilchrist, Ellen. Nora Jane: A Life in Stories
Great Stories of the American West II. WES
Great Short Stories of the Masters
Hill, Joe. 20th Century Ghosts
Hughes, Langston. Short Stories
Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
James, Henry. Complete Stories, 1874-1884
Kielty, Bernardine, ed. A Treasury of Short Stories: Favorities of the Past Hundred Years from Turgenev to Thurber, from Balzac to Hemingway.
King, Stephen. Just after Sunset: Stories
Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies: Stories
L'Amour, Louis. The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour (5 vols, some WES)
Lardner, Ring. The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919
Legal Fictions: Short Stories about Lawyers and the Law
Lehane, Dennis. Coronado: Stories
Lippman, Laura. Hardly Knew Her: Stories
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown
Maupassant, Guy de. The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant: A Selection and Translation
Miller, Arthur. Presence: Stories
Mitchell, Joseph. Up in the Old Hotel and Other Stories
Morrell, David. Nightscape
Munro, Alice. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Murder Is My Business. MYS
Nebula Awards Showcase. SF (annual)
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century. MYS
The New Space Opera. SF
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990. SF
The O. Henry Prize Stories. SS Prize (annual)
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories. MYS
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy. SF
Passport to Crime: The Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers. MYS
A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. MYS
The Pushcart Book of Short Stories: The Best Short Stories from a Quarter-Century of the Pushcart Prize
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970.
Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story: Family Matters (CD)
Shivers III
Short Shorts: An Anthology of the Shortest Stories
Sillitoe, Alan. New and Selected Stories
Speaking with the Angel: Original Stories
The Storytellers' Collection: Tales of Faraway Places
The Student Body: Short Stories about College Students and Professors
The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York
Thomas, James, and Robert Shapard. Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories.
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy. MYS
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
Vonnegut, Kurt. Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works
A Walk in My World: International Short Stories about Youth
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. SF
Weinreb, Michael. Girl Boy Etc.
Wells, H. G. The Complete Short Stories
Welty, Eudora. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. SF (annual)
The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories. MYS (annual)
The Year's Best Science Fiction. SF (annual)