People's Network
How to contribute
You can contribute to Read services in the following ways:
reader2reader
reader2reader is a purely peer2peer based service, but library staff, especially those with reader development roles can be particularly proactive on the site, establishing themselves as reader2reader regulars who can better shape and develop the content and communities on the site. The developers, Opening the Book, will also include information about reader2reader within their reader development learning packages for library staff to help them understand and use the site more effectively.
Reader2reader also provides a useful resource to support offline reader development activity in libraries. You can promote its use to borrowers who are having difficulty choosing what to read next; you can invite reading group members to explore the site during sessions and use it to spark off discussions; you can print out individual book reviews and use them on readers’ noticeboards in libraries.
For further information on how you can help shape the development of online reading discussions contact reader2reader@openingthebook.com
Find a reading group
Following the success of the BBC’s Big Read, The Reading Agency have been working toward recording all reading group activities associated with public libraries and making them available through the People’s Network, with support from SCL, MLA and LearnDirect/Hotcourses. The Reading Agency is liaising with library authotities to facilitate this as a high profile national resource via the People’s Network. If you wish to record a new reading group activity local to you, please do so at www.learndirect-advice-search.co.uk/GroupDetails/
If you wish to edit an existing reading group record or find out more about this service please email resources@readingagency.org.uk.
Reading links
Reading links has been put together from research into the reading and reader based websites that public libraries in England link to for their users. If you know of additional links that would help the public to develop their reading send an email to staff@peoplesnetwork.gov.uk, with the subject line “reading links” and a url to the site you think should be included.