Navigating Goodreads Workshop

Navigating Goodreads Workshop

References

by Megan Tristao

LIS 560, UW iSchool

Further Training

• Intermediate and advanced "Navigating Goodreads" workshops
• Other digital book recommendation platforms (e.g. Bookish, NoveList, etc.)
• Personalized digital services from libraries (e.g. 5 for U)
• One-on-one instruction from librarians or library staff members

Learning Styles

Learning Styles

Instruction

Components

Type 1/Why?

Feeling/reflecting

Active conceptualization

Type 2/What?

Reflecting/thinking

Reflective observation

Type 3/How?

Thinking/doing

Active conceptualization

Type 4/What if?

Creating/acting

Active experimentation

• Attention Activity
• Lectures
• Demonstrations
• Individual Activities
• Class Activities
• Paper Handouts
• Assessment & Evaluation

Beginner's Workshop

Outcome

Participants will feel comfortable navigating Goodreads to discover promising historical fiction books.

Skills

&

Tasks

The ability to evaluate and navigate Goodreads to locate appealing unread books from the historical fiction genre, including the abilities to:

• create and maintain a personal profile
• navigate and evaluate "Explore" and "Recommendations" pages
• request recommendations

Placement Assessment

target audience has wide distribution of information literacy skills

Info Needs & Skills

• Only 28 percent of Americans classify library programs for adults as “very important” (Zickuhr, 2014)

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/meganst/283064

select books matching personal preferences

be aware of new and upcoming books

discover well-reviewed books

locate books patron has selected

evaluate and navigate digital book recommendation platforms (e.g. Goodreads)

locate frontlists from publishers and evaluate readers' advisory tools

locate and evaluate bestsellers lists and nominees for major literary prizes

navigate public library catalog and request items as needed

Finding Fiction

• 74 percent of public library users identified “read for pleasure” as a primary benefit of public libraries (Sin & Vakkari, 2015)
• Fiction accounts for 67 percent of total print book circulation and 80 percent of e-book circulation in public libraries (Hoffert, 2015)
• Nearly 50,000 print fiction novels were published in 2012 (Bowker, 2014)
• Library catalogs are notoriously difficult to perform effective searches by genre, especially historical fiction (Baker, 2015)

Adults in Public Libraries

Target Group

• 73 percent of Americans aged 16 or older who visited a public library in the previous year borrowed books or browsed the stacks (Zickuhr, 2014)
• Library patrons using online catalog more often to place holds; browsing collection in person less (Zickuhr)

- Public library members

- Aged 18 and older

- Preferred reading language is English

- Varying genders, cultural backgrounds, education levels, occupations, incomes and familial statuses

- Common behavior: seeking historical fiction to read for pleasure