Memory – as you get older – seems to fail you at the most inopportune moments… And if, heaven forbid, you are a little ‘distracted’ or ‘stressed’, then it completely goes out of the window.
Once upon a time I could remember the titles of books and authors’ names without having to play mental ‘charades’ with myself (or rope in increasingly bewildered colleagues) to acquire them! Ah, those were the days…
Thank heavens for our catalogue’s nifty little function entitled Lists. I was asked a question the other day: ‘what books could I recommend’. Well, this time I was prepared. I had a List, you see. Quick as a flash I went into My Account on BiblioCommons, clicked on My Lists and there they were – my top books (in no particular order) that I have access to via the library collection.
You don’t have to make lists public if you are of a reticent nature; whilst I make my own private lists, I also peruse the public list titles on the catalogue page and find that some of them are really rather quirky and/or list very unusual topics. I’ve actually found quite a few books to place reserves on via this method.
Who could fail to be impressed with titles such as If you like… fiction for hipsters or If you like… Chick Lit – Beyond Bridget Jones and Marion Keyes? And, if you are desperate to find Lee Child-like books by different authors, THEN miraculously there is a list called If you like… Lee Child which puts forward 21 different authors to try. Yeah!!
Have you ever created or made use of a list? Check out the Staff Picks lists created by our librarians (you can choose from Adults, Kids and Teens) – I guarantee you’ll be surprised by the range they cover.
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