Wiscon scheduling

[owlectomy]

New Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Sun 8:30 - 9:59AM Caucus
A general panel on the best new YA fantasy and science fiction books.

I'm taking suggestions, if you have them (released before mid-May, preferably); I keep up pretty well with new YA books, but I haven't been reading all that much lately. I'm very intrigued by The Demon's Lexicon but it doesn't come out until June.

Public Libraries: Where's the SF? Sun 10:00 - 11:29AM Conference 5
With the Current Economic Climate (tm), people are flocking to libraries for the free books, dvds, video games, internet access, and programming. With a shrinking budget and an increased demand, what can we as library workers and library patrons do to ensure science fiction gets a good place in the collection? Is it about encouraging the purchase of more materials, making it easier to find those materials once they're in the library, or maybe starting a book club? Should we be focussing on the children's room, the teen collection, or the adults? Are there particular books we feel are essential for a library to have?

I'm not sure whether I'm a good person to answer that question, given that the two libraries where I've worked have had tiny science fiction sections -- actually, Southgate didn't have a science fiction section at all. Must think some more about this one.

Comments

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Talk about MANGA. They are books! There is a metric fuck-ton of sci-fi/fantasy! And heaps of teenagers read them! But whenever I listen to people talk about YA, they ignore it. It's pretty weird.

Tamora Pierce's Bloodhound just came out, I think.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

You're absolutely right -- I do fall prey to the assumption that manga readers already know about the good new stuff, much better than I do.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but do I actually read new manga? Usually I find out about a new series from an English-speaking fan, because I'm just not plugged into the scene any more, and then I get sniffy about reading the original rather than the translation, and I say I'm going to go to Book-Off for it, and then I have to look up the publisher so I can find it at Book-Off, and somewhere along the line it slips out of my head, so by the time I read a manga everybody knows about it already. (Wait, were they going to translate Ima Ichiko? Because I could talk about her, if they are!)