Booklist
Announces Free Online Access for All
All Booklist and Book
Links content on www.booklistonline.com
is now freely available until further notice.
“The COVID-19 threat is
unprecedented and will continue to cause extreme disruption, both personally and
professionally,” said George Kendall, editor and publisher of Booklist Publications.
“At Booklist, published by the American Library Association, we want
to help minimize these disruptions where we can for all library staff along with
their students and patrons. With that in mind, we hope the following information and resources will be helpful.”
“We appreciate our readers and understand you are facing major challenges
and disruptions,” Kendall said. "Please do not hesitate to contact us and let us know how we can help.”
Free online access includes:
-More than 25 years of recommended print and
audiobook reviews, features, interviews, spotlights, and classroom connections
-Booklist and Book Links
replica digital editions, which can be read on desktop or mobile devices
-Advanced search functionality
-Readers’ advisory and collection development tools
For an enhanced online
experience and to read digital editions on mobile devices, sign in to your existing
online profile or complete the free
profile form. Note that a profile is not necessary for reading online content,
but having one will allow you to save, share, and download your work.
To
learn how to put Booklist Online to work, please view this informative
video tutorial.
For additional questions about Booklist Online, please check out
our extensive
FAQ or email info@booklistonline.com.
Find additional Booklist contact information below.
Webinars, e-Newsletters and Other Digital Communications
In
addition to opening online content, Booklist is planning regularly scheduled
communications and updates to our readers via our e-newsletters and special communications.
Booklist’s exceptional free webinars will continue as scheduled.
Please check our blog, Booklist Reader,
and Booklist's Twitter and
Facebook for regular updates.
Booklist Contact Information
The health and safety
of all who interact with Booklist is of paramount importance. Booklist
is open for business during COVID-19; however, Booklist staff are working
remotely. Booklist will continue to publish according to the regular
production schedule, which includes 22 issues per year and four Book Links issues per year.
If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
A Note to Publishers and Producers
With Booklist and
publishing staff working remotely, Booklist is requesting digital submissions.
For print titles, both Youth and Adult, please send PDFs as attachments with full
bibliographic and descriptive information. We can also accept widgets and open,
unrestricted links to NetGalley or Edelweiss. For audiobooks, please send open
and unrestricted links for download. For more specific information and other editorial questions, please contact us:
• Youth: Maggie Reagan, mreagan@ala.org
• Adult: Donna Seaman, dseaman@ala.org
• Audio: Heather Booth, hbooth@ala.org
Please direct subscription-related questions to Dan Kaplan, dkaplan@ala.org.
Please direct webinar-related questions to Melissa Carr, mcarr@ala.org
Please direct Booklist Reader questions to Briana Shemroske, bshemroske@ala.org
Please direct social media questions to Grace Rosean, grosean@ala.org
Booklist and the American Library Association
Booklist
is an American Library Association publication. Please read the American Library
Association Executive Board COVID-19 recommendations: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/ala-executive-board-recommends-closing-libraries-public.
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