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See below for session descriptions.

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Session Descriptions

Readers’ Advisors at the Public Library: Working with Publishers

Kristina Parlee (Adult Services Librarian and general fiction selector, Halifax Public Libraries)

     and

David Hansen (Resource Manager for Readers' Services and mystery fiction selector, Halifax Public Libraries)

With the rise of ebooks and the decline in the number of small book stores, where informed staff hand sell books, the public library is important more than ever as a physical space where people can meet to share their love of reading and get new reading suggestions.

Readers’ advisors at the public library actively connect readers to the widest possible range of reading choices.  RAs are well positioned to direct readers to newer and less widely known titles.

How can publishers, authors and readers’ advisors work closer together to help get the word out about new releases to the right readers?

Multi-Tasking 2.0: How to Use Social Media Without Distracting from Your Day Job

JoAnn Yhard (Author: The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines & Lost on Brier Island)

and

Kimberly Walsh (Digital & Online Coordinator, Nimbus Publishing & Vagrant Press)

In today's online economy, we're all being asked to do more. Whether you're an author, publicist, blogger, librarian or other industry professional, the requirement for social media engagement can present a challenge in your daily workflow. How do you juggle it all? In this session, an author and publicist will talk about methods for finding balance and the tools for multi-tasking in a digital age.