Recommendation 1: Reader requirements

Identifying our type of readers, their reading seeking habits and their relationship with their books.

Recommendation 2: Collection support

Romance collections to be catalogued with full Title/Author records and whereever possible with series headings. Single titles are not to be treated as a serial. This facilitates retrieving items easier as well as allowing for more Inter-library loans.

Recommendation 3: Author events

Author talks and promotions
Romance author panels for library lovers day (14th of February)
Romance reading circles
Romance Writing Association providing workshops from the local RWA chapter

Recommendation 4: E-books

Many romance and erotica readers are already using E-book technology to access backlist material that is otherwise difficult to source. Romance and erotica titles in e-book form are recommended for library collections as they would facilitate the ease of finding series titles, tracing author backlists and allow for anonimity and discretion of reading materials chosen.

Further Reading:

"A practical typology of adult fiction borrowers based on their reading habits" by Liangzhi Yu and Ann O’Brien in Journal of Information Science 1999; 25; 35

"I'm a glommer, you're a glommer, he's a glommer, she's a glommer, you have no choice but to be a glommer too" in All About Romance Novels: At the Back Fence Issue #12 www.likesbooks.com/12.html September 20, 1996 - Issue #12