The reader’s advisory guide to historical fiction (ALA Reader’s Advisory Series)

Towards Representing What Readers of Fiction Believe

Despite the extensive literature on the problem of story understanding, there has been little focus on formally representing some forms of knowledge that are specific to stories, such as how the reader expects information to be presented over the course of reading. To illustrate, the reader of a mystery story may expect to eventually find out who is guilty, and also that the author may first tr...

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Gender and Sexuality, Self-Identity, and Libraries: Readers’ Advisory as a Technique for Creative (Dis)Assembly

Genre fiction readers: a quantitative exploration of provided construct ratings

Structured Abstract Purpose – The repertory grid technique was adapted to investigate fiction readers' attitudes and beliefs, with a specific focus on minority ethnic fiction. Design/methodology/approach – The study required participants (n=36) to rate on a 7-point Likert scale a series of 16 provided constructs, using 10 main elements, namely the reader of ten fiction genres. Statistical tests...

Notices to Readers