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Many thanks Alyson for feeding back to the list and in advance to Genevieve in the expectation that a Vital Link development will follow. What to do with the stock in terms of shelf display and the sensitivities involved is indeed a struggle. In our largest library, the Central Library in Exeter, we've created a much wider section on Life Skills by including as well as the different approaches to functional literacy & numeracy, reading on other aspects such as signing, foreign languages, cooking, car maintenance and so on so that as a colleague so neatly puts it ... "We have mixed in "popular culture" items, fact and fiction, that may be more enticing to adults such as What not To Wear Trinny and Susannah How to Change your Life in 7 Steps John Bird Easy Ipod and Itunes See it done do it yourself by Shelly Brisbin Car Basics Kevin Elliot Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing - (a guide in pictures) Bernard Venables Briget Jones Diary Helen Fielding The Unadulterated Cat Terry Pratchett Adult Learners Dictionary Cookery Books Anyone in that area could be looking at anything." But that's a relatively easy and obviously sensible & practicable & flexible approach given the overall scale of the library. The same approach becomes increasingly difficult the smaller the library & with 50 libraries overall & so many of them really quite small, we too would be very interested to hear of other library services' experiences & suggestions Mike Mike Maguire Service Development Manager Devon Library & Information Services tel 01392 384326 fax 01392 384316 mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.devon.gov.uk/library/ Disclaimer: http://www.devon.gov.uk/email.shtml THINK CARBON FOOTPRINT! - Do you really need to print this email? Save Paper - Save Money - Reduce Waste -----Original Message----- From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alyson Hogarth Sent: 16 February 2009 15:08 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Fiction for adults with learning difficulties Dear colleagues, First of all I would like to thank everyone who responded. I know it was Friday afternoon but my question must have hit a nerve - or at least a need. Most people offered the main suppliers: Brinsford http://www.avantibooks.com/isroot/avantibooks/ExportMetaTags/Catalogs/10 6 9.html New Leaf www.newleafbooks.org.uk Evans Shades http://www.evansbooks.co.uk/index.asp gatehouse www.gatehousebooks.com Livewire from Hodder I also received a tip off that Brights had considered publishing books for people with learning disabilities and my contact at Brights gave me this one: http://www.senpress.co.uk/ Another colleague passed this on: http://www.picturestoshare.co.uk/ which can be used with people recovering from a stroke - something I hadn't thought of. I was also delighted to hear from Genevieve Clarke at the Reading Agency it would certainly be great if Vital Link could pick up the ball and run further this one. My other thought on this whole subject is how best to manage stock in these ranges. Not only do we have to stop them gravitating to the junior/teen when no one's looking, how do we avoid sections of the library appearing 'Special'? It would be good to have some suggestions of good practice.