Ivan Chew Interviews a Library Blogger
April 19th, 2005Ivan Chew is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogging librarians. He writes about stuff I’m interested in and blows me away with his posts. For example, today, he posted an interview he did with Wendy, a librarian from Ngee Ann Polytechic Library who spoke about her Readers’ Choice blog:
“RL: How does Readers’ Choice work?
W: We have a ‘Readers’ Choice’ book display, based on best sellers (as listed in the local bookstores like MPH, Times). We post the book summaries/ reviews by our own library staff and those submitted by readers in the blog.
RL: How do you encourage people to submit book reviews and summaries?
W: We give the Ngee Ann Co-op vouchers to anyone who submits a review. Their reviews don’t necessarily have to be published, but reviews must be on books found in the Ngee Ann library. We have a deal with the Co-op to give out the vouchers.”