Training Format:
Webinar- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on September 2, 2025 @ 10:00am.
Program Description
Event Details
No matter how big (or small!) your library is, there’s always room to get creative with promoting your collection. Your goal? To engage patrons and boost checkouts!
Join guest presenter and readers' advisory extraordinaire Kaite Stover to explore fun, effective ways to make the most of your current space—whether that’s finding new spots for eye-catching displays or highlighting hidden gems on your shelves. Discover display ideas that speak to a range of patrons and feel more inclusive. And learn how to use readers' advisory resources when you're helping patrons, planning displays, or promoting your collection.
Bonus content alert! Based on your suggestions (please fill out the form below), Kaite will take us on a deep dive into two popular genres. She’ll break down what makes each one tick, why readers love them, which titles or authors to know, and what’s trending now.
Walk away with practical ideas, refreshed readers' advisory skills, and a better sense of how to make your collection stand out—without needing more space!
In this webinar, you will:
- Evaluate your existing library space and optimize for collection displays
- Generate ideas for displays using the collection you have to engage patrons
- Distinguish between book reviews, annotations, and book talks — and how to use each in displays, promotions, and with patrons
- Sharpen your readers' advisory skills with in-depth studies of two popular genres
Guest presenter Kaite Stover is the Director of Readers' Services for The Kansas City Public Library. She holds Master's degrees in Library Science and English Literature from Emporia State University. Stover is the co-editor of The Readers' Advisory Handbook (ALA Editions, 2010). From 2004-2016, Stover wrote the "He Reads, She Reads" column for Booklist with David Wright and wrote "Under the Radar" for Public Libraries from 2012-2017. Stover is a founding member and on the Steering Committee for LibraryReads. She is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret E. Monroe Award, 2012 Allie Beth Martin Award, and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2003. Follow her on Instagram @KaiteStover.
If you are interested in learning more about readers' advisory, check out these recorded trainings at your convenience...
- Readers' Advisory: Exploring Ways to Talk Books | RECORDING | Watch now
- Reading from the Ears Up: Appeal of the Audiobook | SCKLS EXCLUSIVE RECORDING | Login to watch now
- Readers' Advisory: Back to the Book Basics | SCKLS EXCLUSIVE RECORDING | Login to watch now
EVENT NOTES
Registration Details | Not sure you can make it to a live webinar? Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recorded version when it is available. Registration is limited. Deadline for registration is seven days prior to the event. Webinar access information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.
Recording | This recording will be accessible exclusively to SCKLS member library staff and board members on the SCKLS Membership Exclusive Training webpage; it will not be accessible to the public. | When you participate in a SCKLS webinar, a photographic, video or audio recording may occur. If you want your image or voice removed from the webinar recording, you must notify in writing SCKLS Training Specialist Katherine Hughes at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar. Absence of written notification grants SCKLS all rights to the webinar recording for educational purposes.