Adult Reading Round Table has been a guiding force in training readers' advisors and promoting reading for pleasure since 1984. Based in Chicagoland, ARRT has connected with library workers nationwide via The ARRT Popular Fiction List, our popular training tool available in NoveList. ARRT is a professional organization welcoming all library workers, from pages to administrators, with a passion for serving adult leisure readers.
Steering Committee Chair, 01/2022 to 12/2023
Steering Committee Chair-Elect, 2021
Genre Study Coordinator, 2021
Strategic Planning Team, 01/2020 to present
Technology Subcommittee, 01/2016 to 12/2019
Membership Coordinator, 03/2011 to 12/2019
Steering Committee Member, 03/2011 to present
HWA Librarian's Day, Program Co-Lead on 11/12/2020.
ARRTCon 2019, Program Co-Lead on 11/19/2019
Give Them What They Want: Reader-Focused Collection Development, Program Co-Lead on 09/25/2018
Reaching Forward, Booth Coordinating Team for Illinois Library Association 2018 Reaching Forward Conference on 05/04/2018
ARRTCon 2017, Program Coordinator on 11/09/2017
Listen Up!: Audiobook Readers' Advisory, Program Coordinating Team on 05/09/2016
ARRTApalooza, Location Coordinator on 12/09/2015
RA Summer Camp, Program Coordinating Team on 08/12/2014
ARRT Genre Boot Camp, Program Coordinating Team on 05/16/2013
2020-2021 Narrative Nonfiction Genre Study, Genre Study Coordinator
2018-2019 Romance Genre Study, Genre Study Organizing Team
Discussion leader for Romantic Suspense on 06/06/2019
Assignment, Slides, Notes
Discussion leader for Paranormal Romance on 08/01/2019
Assignment, Slides, Notes
Co-leader for Wrap-Up on 12/05/2012
2016-2017 Speculative Fiction Genre Study, Genre Study Organizing Team
Official Note Taker
2014-2015 Crime Fiction Genre Study, Genre Study Organizing Team
Official Note Taker
2013 Graphic Novel Genre Study
Official Note Taker
The ARRT Popular Fiction List: A Self-Evaluative Bibliography for Readers Advisors, 5th edition. (2019)
Captain of the Crime Fiction Team
Member of the Speculative Fiction Team
The ARRT Young Adult Fiction List: A Self-Evaluative Biblioigraphy for Readers Advisors, 2nd edition. (2015)
Member of the Tool Subcommittee
The ARRT Popular Fiction List: A Self-Evaluative Bibliography for Readers Advisors, 4th edition. (2012)
Member of the Speculative Fiction Team
Updated to 4.1 edition in 2015
The ARRT Popular Fiction List: A Self-Evaluative Bibliography for Readers Advisors, 3rd edition. (2007)
Indexer