Have you explored the thousands of creative lists created and shared by libraries using Librarian Recommends: Lists? Today we’re spotlighting some awesome lists—both general and hyperspecific—that our librarians have made, including read-alikes, interesting themed lists, types of romances, and of course, lists for spooky season.
The RCL Librarians have joined Syndetics Unbound! We are now featuring select Resources for College Libraries (RCL) titles in Librarian Recommends: Lists, combining the quality of RCL titles curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists with the powerful discovery features of Syndetics Unbound for library catalogs. These lists draw from the RCL database featuring more than 90,000 core titles for academic libraries and make it easy for libraries to explore new content vetted by RCL subject experts.
Today we’re showcasing another set of the innovative lists created and shared by librarians around the globe, using Librarian Recommends: Lists. With Librarian Recommends: Lists, these lists display right in your library’s catalog, ready to inspire discovery.
By Abby Blachly in Lists
Today we’re happy to highlight some of the creative lists created and shared by librarians around the globe, using Librarian Recommends: Lists. With Librarian Recommends: Lists, these lists (and hundreds more) can display right in your library’s catalog, ready to inspire discovery.
Did you know that Syndetics Unbound’s Librarian Recommends: Lists—an enrichment that allows librarians to curate lists to showcase staff picks, genre guides, and other topics—can also be displayed outside the catalog? Use List Display Widgets to showcase your Lists on library or catalog homepages, LibGuides, or any other webpage. Watch this tutorial on how to create List Display Widgets, and find all the Librarian Recommends: Lists tutorials here.
By Noel Smart in Lists
The kitchen can be overwhelming during the holiday season. Don’t fret, we have a Librarian Recommends: Lists full of comfort food and accomplishments from world-renowned chefs. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – or not – for those who host family and friends for the holidays. Gatherings imply an expectation of good food and reconnection, especially after the seclusion of the last few years. Lane Public Library recently created a Librarian Recommends: Lists that focuses on the memoirs and stories of chefs from all over the globe.
By Noel Smart in Lists
Step right up to win your next favorite book with the Librarian Recommends: Lists Makers Challenge! Our newest enrichment, Librarian Recommends: Lists, was created to help librarians boost catalog engagement and circulation in their libraries. Now, we’re giving librarians the chance to score a new book for their personal collection! The first 50 libraries that create and publish at least five lists1 by December 15, 2022, will automatically be entered into our Librarian Recommends: Lists Maker Challenge.
Today we’re pleased to announce Librarian Recommends: Lists—a new enrichment in Syndetics Unbound, free to subscribers, that allows librarians to curate lists within the catalog, showcasing topics, genres, staff picks, and more. Lists can also be showcased outside the catalog, on library or catalog homepages. Check it out in this quick video. By default, lists are shared between libraries, so your patrons can benefit from the expertise and creativity of librarians in thousands of libraries around the world.
Will you be at American Library Association’s 2022 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Washington, DC this weekend? Stop by the ProQuest/Clarivate booth (#2507) to catch up with the Syndetics Unbound product team and get a sneak peek at what’s coming soon to Syndetics Unbound: Lists. Lists are a new element soon to be released within Syndetics Unbound that empowers librarians to curate and display custom book lists right in the catalog.
