A Guide for Reader's Advisory and Collection Development: Collection Development

This LibGuide offers an array of websites, webinars, articles, and blogs providing helpful information to help staff members in their interactions with patrons.

Collection Development

Get tips on weeding with the continuous review and evaluation box, Learn about conducting a diversity audit, and have access to many book review and award winner websites.

Children's and Young Adult Award Winners

2020 Newberry Award Winners
The Newberry Award is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".
2020 Caldecott Award Winners
The Caldecott Award is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
2019 Coretta Scott King Award Winners
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
2020 Margaret Edwards Award Winner
The Margaret A. Edwards Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes an author and "a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".
2020 Michael Printz Award Winner
The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit".

Award Winners

2020 Edgar Award Winners
Edgar® Awards are presented each spring, Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre.
2020 Hugo Awards Winners
The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards voted on by members of the current World Science Fiction Convention and presented annually by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
2020 Locus Award Winners
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.
2019 Romance Writers of America Winners
The RITA Award is the highest award of distinction in romance fiction it recognizes excellence in published romance novels and novellas. The RITA Award was cancelled for 2020.

Readers Advisory

Fantastic Fiction
Search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors.
NoveList
This website offers book reviews, information on series, and forthcoming books.
Library Reads
November top 10 books nominated by librarians.
Library Journal
Starred reviews of all genres.
Bookish
Read reviews and get lists of favorite reads.
Buzzfeed Books
What, when, and who to read. All things books for any kind of reader
World Catalog
The world's largest library catalog.
LitLovers
Comprehensive site for book clubs complete with resources for starting a book club, reviews, and reading guides with discussion questions.
New York Public Library's Best 10 Books of 2019
Learn the top ten books of 2019 in 5 different areas covering a wide range of genres, age groups, forms and styles.