Links of the Week (and beyond): March 2
- Allison at Reading Everywhere lists five ways libraries can be like Nordstrom when it comes to customer service. Such an important part of working with the public!
- The nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards, including the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book have been announced: Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson; Chime by Franny Billingsley; The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson; The Boy at the End of the World by Greg van Eekhout; Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King; Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor; The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman; Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
- Want to know what books to look forward to this fall? Publisher’s Weekly has the rundown from dozens of publishers and imprints in their Fall 2012 Sneak Preview.
- More book awards! The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for young adult literature nominees are: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray; The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman; A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness; Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet; The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- VOYA awarded 24 books perfect 10s in 2011, that is, books that were rated highest in both quality and popularity.
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Thanks so much for linking to my post about libraries and customer service! I’m honored by the mention.
My pleasure, I wish customer service was emphasized more in libraries!