Ridley Pearson

Library users are not going to be thrilled when they discover that many—actually most, probably—of the titles on the summer reading lists recommended in seemingly every magazine (online or in print) are unavailable when they check the online catalog or look on their library shelves. What can we do for those readers? You certainly don’t want them to leave the library empty-handed or exit the library’s website in frustration. That’s why I think the roundup produced by the ALA RUSA-CODES Reading List Council is so good. For every new book cited,