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The Core A New Newsletter for Librarians and Media Specialists |
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December 2009
What are the Core Collections? Like The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, these are the databases formerly known as Wilson Standard Catalogs. A history of 100 years is not a bad record. The first of the Core Collections, then known as Children’s Catalog, was published in 1909, when the Wilson Company was still in Minneapolis. The Core Collections are collection development and readers’ advisory tools that generations of librarians have depended on. They are:
The point is this: experienced librarians and subject specialists from around the country advise us on titles. We compile a list of “must have” books for the small and medium-sized library and keep it up to date day by day on Wilson Web, with full cataloging, annotations, link to book reviews, and much more. SCHOOL-LIBRARIES.NET The H.W. Wilson Company is privileged to host and
manage School-Libraries.net, the largest directory of school library
Web sites in the world: Oliver Withstandly checks every new site and passes it on for inclusion. We also have state coordinators for a few states who check the links for their state to see that they are still active and frequently find the new URL. They also act as our ambassadors in their states. We have coordinators in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and Australia, and two in Canada. If you are interested in helping, please contact Ray Barber at rbarber@hwwilson.com. BEST LISTS Best Lists are very important to us. We consider every book that makes a Best List and include in the Core Collections those that are most suitable for small and medium-sized libraries. In this section of the newsletter you will find, each month, a discussion of the latest Best Lists together with links when they are available. Usually we will list all bests lists found during the past month, but we are now in Best Book Season, November through February, we are limiting ourselves to those particularly worthy of your attention. A full list can be found at www.CoreCollections.net. BEST LISTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS ALA YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Best Books (2009) American Book Sellers Association Kids’ Next
(Winter, 2009) ALAN’s Picks: (October 2009) Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth (2009) Booklist Top 10 Books in Religion & Spirituality
for Youth (2009) GraphicNovelReporter Graphic Novels: A Survey of
Comics Readers(2009) Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s (2009) Kirkus Reviews Young Adult (2009) Library Journal Best YA for Adults (2009) New York Public Library Children's (2009) New York Times Best Illustrated Books (2009) New York Times Notable Children’s Books (2009) Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books (2009) School Library Journal Best Adult Books for High
School Students (2009) School Library Journal Best Books (2009) VOYA Clueless: Adult Mysteries with Young Adult
Appeal (2009) BEST LISTS FOR ADULT BOOKS Amazon Best books (2009) There are many of these ‘”top 10 lists” for a variety of audiences and interests. Eventually we will provide links to each one but here is the link to all the lists. http://www.amazon.com/Best-2009-Books-Holidays-Seasonal/b/ref=amb_link_85237951_22?ie=UTF8&node=2233760011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=1NJJZ69WYVPBXX53RXZS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=502180431&pf_rd_i=390919011 Amazon Best Books of the Month (December, 2009) Amazon Best Books of the Month (November, 2009) American Booksellers Association Indie Next
Notables December, 2009. (2009) Book Marks Best Books (2009) Booklist REaD ALERT Special Edition: Top of the
List and Editors' Choice Booklist Top 10 Art Books (2009) Booklist Top 10 Business Books (2009) Booklist Top 10 Books in Religion & Spirituality
(2009) Booklist Top 10 Sci-Tech Books (2009) Booklist Top 10 Sci-Tech Books for Youth (2009) Entertainment Weekly Cook Books (2009) New Yorker Reviewers’ Favorites (2009) Quill & Quire Books of the Year (2009) New York Times Graphic Novels (2009) New York Times Notable Books (2009) New York Times 10 Best Books (2009) Planetizen Top 10 Books (2009) -- Urban planning
and design Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (2009) BEST LISTS FOR GAMES Library Journal Top Five Video Games for Libraries
(2009) New York Times Video Games (2009) BEST LISTS FOR MUSIC New York Times Classical Music (2009) BEST LISTS FOR VIDEO New York Times TV DVDs (2009) New York Times Movie DVDs (2009) AWARDS ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Finalists
(2009) Booker Prize (2009) Financial Times Business Book of the Year (2009) National Book Award (2009) National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 (2009) A FAREWELL TO KIRKUS Kirkus Reviews that published their first issue in
1933, ceased publication today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews The demise of Kirkus Reviews, Kliatt and a number of newspaper book review sections makes the work of the Core Collections more important than ever to librarians as they select books and other library materials. If this newsletter did not come directly to your
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