Pearls Picks

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Pearls Picks

• Marquee reading suggestions from the nations
  leading readers advisor

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Who is Nancy Pearl?

• Leading readers advisory librarian
• Best selling author
• Regularly scheduled guest on NPR
• Action figure made in her likeness

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What is Pearls Picks?

• Monthly reading suggestions from Nancy Pearl
• Titles for all ages
• Mix of fiction and nonfiction
• Titles included are the best in a topic or genre
  sure to deliver a great reading experience!

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Benefits

• Content can enliven your web site
• Outreach tool when used in NextReads
• Readers advisory tool for librarians
• Create excitement with patrons ultimately
  leading to more library visits!

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What is Pearls Picks?

• Annotation content only. Library is responsible
  for adding it to their web site each month.
• NoveList sends Pearls Picks content each month
  to the library in a Word or HTML document.
• Library decides how to integrate and implement
  into their web sites look and feel.

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NextReads Pearls Picks

• If library subscribes to NextReads, NoveLists
• premier e-newsletter service, then Pearls
  Picks can be added to the librarys opt-in page
  and offered to patrons as a monthly newsletter.
• NextReads provides libraries and their
  patronswith the choice of 23 newsletters.
• Branded to the librarys look and feel.
• NextReads service is fully customizable, butbusy
  libraries can also use it turnkey.

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What Pearls Picks Is Not

• Pearls Picks is NOT a database.
• It does not use the EBSCOhost platform.
• Pearls Picks is a separate product from NoveList
  and NextReads (although it can be implemented as
  a NextReads newsletter).

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Implementation

• Requires the resources of your librarys
  webmaster
• Two implementation options
• Create your own web page to display Pearls Picks
  content on your web site and update it monthly.
• Put a javascript link (provided by NoveList) on
  your web site, and the service will update
  automatically each month. (Note that you only
  have to add the javascript link once.)

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Javascript Link
Javascript Link
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Web Page Implementation
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Implementation w/NextReads. Offer Pearls Picks
as a newsletter option
Great example of cross-promotion!
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In Summary

• Implementation Options
• Javascript Link
• Web Page Implementation
• Implementation w/NextReads
• Contact nrsupport_at_ebscohost.com for more
  information