Middle-school [mega]-librarians move blog to Booklist Online

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NEWS


For Immediate Release


February 10, 2009

Chicago—Renowned middle-school librarians Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan have chosen
Booklist Online as the best permanent home for their popular blog, Bookends. Since the blog started in October last year, its enthusiastic readers have enjoyed posts offering reviews, best practices, general advice, professional tips, personal notes and a good dash of humor.

“Middle-school [mega]-librarians Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan prove that two heads are better than one when it comes to discussing YA and children’s books. The Wonder Twins of the library world have moved their blog . . . to the website of
Booklist. Hurry! follow them before they get away!” says author David Gill says on Facebook.

Rutan and Dobrez explained why they chose
Booklist for their new home. “
Booklist has always been the journal I turned to first, so it is really thrilling for our blog to join the online Booklist family.” (Rutan) “I've been a fan of
Booklist Online's Likely Stories blog since its inception. I'm thrilled to have Bookends join the
Booklist family of blogs--the response we've received from our readers is wonderful and I'm delighted that we will be able to share our reviews with a much larger audience.” (Dobrez)

Access Bookends at
http://bookends.booklistonline.com

Booklist’s family of blogs also includes Book Group Buzz, Audiobooker and Likely Stories, all accessible from the homepage of Booklist Online:
www.booklistonline.com

Booklist is the book review magazine of the American Library Association, considered an essential collection development and readers advisory tool by thousands of librarians for more than 100 years.
Booklist Online, launched in 2006, includes more than 120,000 reviews as well as a free Web site offering the latest news and views on books and media.