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FROM: Mary K Chelton <[removed]@optonline.net>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 9:09 AM

My RA class and I were discussing mysteries, suspense, adventure and
thrillers last night, and the discussion went back and forth between movies
and books so much that I wondered how many people use movie preferences as a
clue to reader preferences when trying to find out what appeals to readers.
Of course, then there are people like me who adored the movie, Gosford Park,
but would loathe reading it. Comments welcome.

Mary K.
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Mary K. Chelton, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Library and Information Studies, 254 Rosenthal Library,
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367;
Phones: (718) 997-3667 (direct/voice/voicemail),
3790 (general office), 3797 (fax).

Home: 35 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Phone: (631)286-4255, no home fax.
E-mail: [removed]@optonline.net
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FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <[removed]@sff.net>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 9:40 AM

I use the movie thing a lot, especially with folks who want to read
something but aren't regular readers. As a guerrilla librarian, it seems I'm
meeting lots of them now. It works especially well with those who cannot
answer the "Tell me about a book you liked" question.

My bookgroup always seems to hit on several movies whenever we meet. I
always leave with additions to my "books to read" and "movies to see" lists.
I read because I love story. Movies are just another venue for conveying
story. It stands to reason that the type of story one likes in one medium
would also be preferred in an other.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
[removed]@sff.net


on 2/26/02 10:31 AM, Mary K Chelton at [removed]@optonline.net wrote:

> My RA class and I were discussing mysteries, suspense, adventure and
> thrillers last night, and the discussion went back and forth between movies
> and books so much that I wondered how many people use movie preferences as a
> clue to reader preferences when trying to find out what appeals to readers.
> Of course, then there are people like me who adored the movie, Gosford Park,
> but would loathe reading it. Comments welcome.
>
> Mary K.
>

FROM: Katie Dunneback <[removed]@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 9:51 AM

Mary-
I'm currently in an RA class at UIUC and we discussed movies more as an
indication of what titles patrons may come in asking for rather than using
them as indicators for story elements of interest. I think I will have to
bring this up on our class bulletin board <G>.

Katie Dunneback
UIUC GSLIS

>===== Original Message From Mary K Chelton <[removed]@optonline.net> =====
>My RA class and I were discussing mysteries, suspense, adventure and
>thrillers last night, and the discussion went back and forth between movies
>and books so much that I wondered how many people use movie preferences as a
>clue to reader preferences when trying to find out what appeals to readers.
>Of course, then there are people like me who adored the movie, Gosford Park,
>but would loathe reading it. Comments welcome.
>
>Mary K.

FROM: Kaite Mediatore <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 9:51 AM

Mary K.
One of the "last resort" tips I offer in the basic RA
workshop I give is to ask the reader what kinds of movies
he or she likes. Sometimes this answer offers a clue as to
what the readers preferences are. And I only use it when I
can't get definite answers using all the other RA
questions.

Because, like you, I loved "The Terminator", but I can't
say I've read any SF books about robots lately. And hey
all, try reading "Memento". ;)

Kaite

--- Mary K Chelton <[removed]@optonline.net> wrote:
> My RA class and I were discussing mysteries, suspense,
> adventure and
> thrillers last night, and the discussion went back and
> forth between movies
> and books so much that I wondered how many people use
> movie preferences as a
> clue to reader preferences when trying to find out what
> appeals to readers.
> Of course, then there are people like me who adored the
> movie, Gosford Park,
> but would loathe reading it. Comments welcome.
>
> Mary K.
>
****************************************************************************
> Mary K. Chelton, Ph. D.
> Associate Professor, Graduate School of
> Library and Information Studies, 254 Rosenthal Library,
> Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367;
> Phones: (718) 997-3667 (direct/voice/voicemail),
> 3790 (general office), 3797 (fax).
>
> Home: 35 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772.
> Phone: (631)286-4255, no home fax.
> E-mail: [removed]@optonline.net
>
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>
>
>
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 10:01 AM

At 08:31 AM 2/26/02 -0700, you wrote:

>I read because I love story. Movies are just another venue for conveying
>story. It stands to reason that the type of story one likes in one medium
>would also be preferred in an other.
>--
>Happy reading,
>Diana Tixier Herald


May be logical, but it doesn't hold true for all of us. My reading
preferences are largely sf, fantasy, and supernatural horror, with a
large minority of detective/crime fiction. Such few movies as I
see are mostly comedies of one sort or another. I am at best
indifferent to and (in most cases) actively loathe movie and tv
versions of sf/f/horror, since I find it's almost always botched
and "dumbed down." I can watch movie and TV comedy largely simply
because I don't have any emotional attachment to that genre.

Mind you, just because I feel I ought to have a vague knowledge of
what's going on in those areas, I do read reviews of and now and
then skim episode guides of or other books about stuff that I would
never actually willingly watch. But it's a minor segment of my
reading.

Dennis "out of step with the world again" Lien / U of Minnesota
Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Kathy Loucks" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 2:47 PM

Years ago I did an "If you like...Try..." handout where the if you like
part was a popular movie title and the try part was a list of suggested
book titles with similar plots. I've thought of asking about movie
preferences as a possible last resort in RA interviews, but don't recall
that I've ever actually done it. I think that if I did, I'd want to
keep Dennis's comments in mind, and ask if reading books similar to a
movie they liked would appeal to them. I'd also want to be especially
sure I understood what they liked about a movie, because it might not be
something as simple as just the genre or setting--it might be something
more "cinematic" that could be more difficult to translate into a
"literary" appeal factor, if that makes any sense.

Kathleen Loucks
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH

FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <[removed]@sff.net>
REC'D: 2/26/02, 3:08 PM

The movie preferences works well when the advisee is not a devoted book
reader and cannot think of any books they've liked. Usually at an RA desk
(for those libraries lucky enough to have one) the people who make inquiries
are already readers. I do a lot of booktalking and RA at ball games,
parent-teacher conferences, foster parent training, lumber yards, bowling
alleys, etc. where often the people aren't readers but would like to be and
end up using movie preference a lot.

I agree with Dennis and Kathleen on many people not liking to read and watch
the same thing but once you can get a dialog going with the advisee you can
ask what it is they liked about a particular movie or book to help guide
them to the next book. With FIELD OF DREAMS for example, someone may have
liked it because of the baseball elements (so may like LAST DAYS OF SUMMER)
while someone else may have liked the magical realism of believing in
something so much that it becomes real (so may like books by Charles de
Lint).

I still think that movie preferences are a valid RA tool to add to our
arsenals. Not every approach works equally well with every reader or would
be reader.

--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald, Guerrilla Librarian
Books of the Week Page http://www.genrefluent.com
[removed]@sff.net

FROM: "Kristina S. Peters CCPL" <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 2/27/02, 11:27 AM

I have found many customers are intimidated by questions about their
reading tastes when I am doing RA because I think they feel they have to
use all those things from high school English, you know character
development, plot devices, etc. These very same people don't feel the
same way when asked about favorite movies or TV programs. I can often get
a feel for the type of book they are seeking by asking "what's your
movie?" or "what do you like about XYZ program?"

Kris Peters
North Carroll Public Library
[removed]@ccpl.carr.lib.md.us

FROM: [removed]@ci.mesa.az.us
REC'D: 2/27/02, 4:04 PM

I've used TV show preferences often to excavate the reading preferences of
teenagers. Of course, that can't be the end of the reference interview,
but it often get those kids who don't want to admit that they've read a
book, let alone liked it, to open up.

Andrea Greenslade
E. Mesa Library

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