Free upcoming Booklist webinars on book groups, math and science, and top YA titles for fall

CHICAGO - Booklist’s free webinar series continues to attract crowds of attendees as editors host leading practitioners, authors and publishers’ representatives at least once a month on a variety of topics that offer immediate tips, tools, resources and new ideas for collection development and readers’-advisory work. The webinars are recorded and archived on the Booklist Online webinars page where you can also find information about upcoming offerings.

July and August’s 2011 webinars prepare you to expand your programs, services and collections. All the webinars are on Tuesdays starting at 1 p.m., CST.

“Book Group Buzzing” on July 26, addresses the popularity of book clubs and the need to make informed decisions about which books to select. Rebecca Vnuk—readers’ advisory expert, co-creator of Shelfrenewal.com and blogger for Booklist’s Book Group Buzz blog—leads the presentation on trends in book group selections as well as looking at upcoming and backlist titles that might be a perfect fit for your group. Representatives from Macmillan, Random House and HarperCollins will join the discussion. You can register here.

Selecting titles that support youth math and science takes center stage in “Math, Science & More” on August 9, moderated by Ilene Cooper, children’s books editor. Representatives from Holiday House, Rosen Online Publishing, Sylvan Dell Publishing and Norwood House Press will introduce new and backlist books on this rarely discussed topic. You can register here.

“YA Announcements: Fall 2011” on August 23, is moderated by Gillian Engberg, Booklist Books for Youth editorial director, and offers an introduction to this fall’s top new YA titles from Disney-Hyperion Books, Bloomsbury, Macmillan and Saddleback Educational Publishing. You can register here.

Visit the Booklist Online webinars page to register for upcoming events and to access the full archive of past webinars.

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