Reviews are in
Subtitle: read, write, and expand your career
By: Henrietta Verma
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Mission Bell Media
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780997175707
Subjects: Librarians; Leadership; Book reviewing
Description: This book encourages librarians that they can and should become leaders in their field by writing for their peers and patrons. Author Henrietta Verma, a reviews editor, offers general writing advice as well as specific guidelines for reading and writing as a reviewer of fiction and non-fiction materials. This guide takes you through the steps of building a portfolio and expanding your view of librarianship as well as leadership in the library.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: Introduction; title: What is library leadership?; title: We need more leaders; title: Why not you?; title: So you have impostor syndrome; title: The importance of professional reviews; title: Do professional reviews still have a place?; title: Be a leader to your patrons; title: Marketing your writing; title: Getting started as a reviewer; title: Reviewing nonfiction for adults; title: Reviewing fiction for adults; title: Reviewing nonfiction for children and young adults; title: Reviewing fiction for children and young adults; title: Reviewing multimedia; title: Appendix A: Adjectives; title: Appendix B: Vocabulary for reviewing multimedia; title: Index.