Learn about the YouTube community that is getting more hits than a blackjack table. Discover how hours of Booktube entertainment can help with readers advisory, collecting, as well as help you find your next book club pick. Join the leagues of people who can confess that #booktube made them read it! Conversations within this community even generate discussions about social justice in the library and publishing world, and within online communities. Librarians will love to learn about how their professional and personal literary interests can be piqued through this amazing community. Men and women, young and old(er), librarians, technicians and everyday bookworms are taking part in the Booktube movement come hear about why youll want to be a part of it, too!
Learning Outcomes
1) Define how Booktube can be used as a professional development tool;
2) Explore how social justice discussions around the library and publishing industry can develop through online communities;
3) Determine methods of infiltration to the Booktube community.
