Today, there were many discussions in our RA class about readers’ advisory service, nature of the job, relationship with patrons, techniques of the service and so on.
Then, I remember my former readers' advisory service with one of my patrons when I opened my own little bookshop in our village. It was not a bookshop to sell the books, but to borrow (50 Pyar per day for a book). (100 Pyar = 1 Kyat, Burmese currency).
Usually, when people come to borrow the books, they will ask about the names of books or favorite author/s or subject to borrow a book.
Nevertheless, one of regular borrowers was strange. He came to the bookshop and read hours in the shop or in some places near our house. He did not have specific or favorite list. He was also a slow reader and sometimes, he took about three days to finish a book. After he read the whole book, he could say, “I like it. I’ll borrow,” and he really borrowed it. If he did not like, he could say, “I don’t like this book. I will read another book,” and he did not borrow it. He left the book in the shop.
Therefore, to give advice for him, I only had to make the list of his favorite books those he already read the whole book and could borrow it for the second time. Then, he could take the book to home.
It was true story and piece of my experience about readers’ advisory services. Have Fun!
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Then, I remember my former readers' advisory service with one of my patrons when I opened my own little bookshop in our village. It was not a bookshop to sell the books, but to borrow (50 Pyar per day for a book). (100 Pyar = 1 Kyat, Burmese currency).
Usually, when people come to borrow the books, they will ask about the names of books or favorite author/s or subject to borrow a book.
Nevertheless, one of regular borrowers was strange. He came to the bookshop and read hours in the shop or in some places near our house. He did not have specific or favorite list. He was also a slow reader and sometimes, he took about three days to finish a book. After he read the whole book, he could say, “I like it. I’ll borrow,” and he really borrowed it. If he did not like, he could say, “I don’t like this book. I will read another book,” and he did not borrow it. He left the book in the shop.
Therefore, to give advice for him, I only had to make the list of his favorite books those he already read the whole book and could borrow it for the second time. Then, he could take the book to home.
It was true story and piece of my experience about readers’ advisory services. Have Fun!
Picture: http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/download/odds_and_ends/reader.bmp
2 comments:
Are these kind of book shops common in Burma? It is kind of like a private library. Are there libraries there like there are in the U.S.? Very interesting story, thanks for sharing!
Yes. Since the price of books are much higher than average people's income and there is no public libraries like in the U.S, there are many those kinds of book shops in Burma.
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