Local Area Librarian Honored!

Check out the blog post on BOOKRIOT - Five Book Culture Heroes of 2014 by Brenna Clark Gray. Librarian Scott Bonner of Ferguson Municipal Public Library was chosen as "Book Culture Hero of 2014." The story was also picked up on EarlyWord - Ferguson Librarian Honored.

Ferguson Municipal Public Library (MO)

It is great to see Mr. Bonner and the Ferguson Library recognized for all their good work.

CONGRATULATIONS!! Well done and well deserved!

#libfaves14 Winners Announced on EarlyWord!

Yesterday's post was about the  annual event of library staff tweeting their Top 10 favorite reads for the year. The 2014 'event' ran from December 1 through December 10 and during that time, the tweets using hasttag #libfaves14 were being compiled on EarlyWord to create a full list of titles.

EarlyWord: The Publisher/Librarian Connection

'Votes' were also being counted to determine which favorite title (or titles) were tweeted about the most! The #libfaves14 winners were posted on EarlyWord this morning!

Were the winners one of your favorite reads for 2014?

RA Tip: FAVORITE READS FOR 2014!

For the last 10 days, library staff from all over have be tweeting TOP 10 titles for 2014. If you didn't know, tweeting about your Top 10 reads of the year has become an annual event with the titles posted once a day in reverse order from December 1 through December 10. [NOTE: you can play catch up if you miss the starting date or happen to skip a day ... ]

See last year's post RA Tip: FAVORITE READS OF 2013!

Using #libfaves14, participants list title, author and a brief description using fewer than 130 characters. I participated again this year so here are my Top 10 reads for 2014, posted on Twitter over the last few days: 

10. Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: part childhood reminiscence, mythology, & innocence lost, with lyrical language #libfaves14

9. DRACULA VERSUS SANTA - DeJesus & Power: hilarious Graphic Novel with Christmas symbols facing off famous monsters #libfaves14

8. THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY – G. Zevin: made me feel like I was wandering the aisles of a small cozy bookstore #libfaves14

7. THE BOOK OF LIFE: search for Ashmole 782 concludes with life & family becoming more complicated for Diana & Matthew #libfaves14

6. Cain’s ONE KICK: dynamic between Kick & Bishop is intense, 2 determined, flawed individuals working toward a common goal #libfaves14

5. DANGEROUS WOMEN: great anthology of new short stories by 21 different authors who write is multiple genres #libfaves14

4. STORM FRONT: listened to with family during long drive, believe have turned my children into lifelong Dresden fans!  #libfaves14

3. FIRST LORD’S FURY - on a Jim Butcher kick in 2014: finished listening to last title in his Codex Alera fantasy series #libfaves14

2. IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE: fascinating nonfiction about lost ship & crew searching Arctic passage to the North Pole in 1880s #libfaves14

1. THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen: an epic fantasy debut with magic, mystery, adventure; 1^st in series #libfaves14

What were your top 10 reads for 2014? Let's use the COMMENTS: link below and you'll only need to list the title and author. :-)

"BEST OF 2014" BOOK LISTS - ALL IN ONE PLACE!!

Do you anticipate a particular "Best of..." book list every year? Or do you enjoy looking at any and all such lists?

The "Best of ..." lists usually come out near the end of the year and it has become common practice for them to be posted online. They are posted on the website of whichever the newspaper, journal, organization, company, publisher, or [insert name here] that produces the list.

Some lists are re-tweeted, re-posted on related news sites, or blogged about by interested parties. It can be a problem keeping track of the "Best of ... " book lists those who find such lists of interest. Well there is a site which can help with that!

A music blog called  largehearted boy has posted an alphabetical list of every online "best of [year]" which they can find very year for the last seven years! What a great way to look for a link to your favorite "Best of 2014" book list.

Check out their most recent update to the Online "Best of 2014" Book Lists.

RA Tip: BOUCHERCON - 2014 Anthony Awards

Did you miss the announcement of the 2014 Anthony Awards at BOUCHERCON, the annual World Mystery Convention, which was held Nov 13-16 in Long Beach CA.? 

This year's list of nominees can be found at BOUCHERCON: World Mystery Convention. The winners are indicated by a ' > ' before the title.

 BOUCHERCON 2015 - Raleigh, NC

According to the Bouchercon standing rules. published work candidates eligible for nomination are defined as "Crime Fiction/Mystery genre published between January 1 and December 31 in the year immediately prior the the Bouchercon at which the Anthony Award will be given." 

What 2014 mystery do you think will be nominated for next year? The next BOUCHERCON will be held Oct 8-10, 2015 in Raleigh, NC. 

Will your favorite be one of the nominees (or the winner!) of a 2015 Anthony Award?

Use the COMMENTS: link below to tell about your favorite Crime Fiction/Mystery title published in 2014.

Links from the Staff - Week of November 30 - December 6, 2014

 Posted for all staff this week were: 

• Maggie M (SP) says: "Gosh I love best of lists..." (12/03/2014)

• It's soooo NPR to call it "NPR's Book Concierge" hee hee.
• http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/

•  From Melanie F (KL) - Greetings! (12/05/2014)

• Not only can you read steampunk, but you can live it, too... 
• http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/12/what-the-world-doesnt-need-are-steampunk-luxury-condos/383352/

• A continuation from Maggie M's (SP) 'National Book Award Winners Announced' post to Stafftalk on Nov 21 ... (12/05/2014)
• A thoughtful and poignant response from winner Jacqueline Woodson to a offensive statement made by Daniel Handler as he was MC'ing the National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. The Pain of the Watermelon Joke by Jacqueline Woodson (The Opinion Pages - New York Times, November 28, 2014) 

RA Tip: More 'Best Books of 2014' Lists

It's that time of year! Another couple of 'Best Book of 2014' lists ...

• Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 - Best Books of 2014

• New York Times - 100 Notable Books of 2014

 I am sure there will be more to come so keep checking back.

I Love My Librarian Award - 2014 Winners Announced

 The 10 Winners of This Year's 'I Love My Librarian Award' - American Libraries Direct, December 2, 2014. 

 
The 'I Love My Librarian Award' is an annual initiative of the American Library Association (ALA), sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the New York Times.

Think we can nominate someone from SCCCLD for the award in 2015? Wouldn't it be great if one of our own were to win it!?!