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• publishing for the first time in the Canadian market — this excludes titles that have been previously published in a different format;

• forthcoming — this means that the publishing status in the book's metadata must be set to "active" or "forthcoming" for the relevant Loan Stars months' list;

• English-language;

• on order at Canadian libraries; and

• listed in BNC CataList.

The Loan Stars schedule

There are two core Loan Stars lists released during the year.

• The Adult List includes Fiction and Nonfiction titles with a future publication date, and Non-Fiction titles ordered by libraries

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  Adult lists are released every month in advance of the publication date, with the exception of the January/February list.

  • For example, the May list will be released during the first weeks of April.

  The Junior list is intended for younger audiences, including Fiction and Non-Fiction picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction and non-fiction.  Young Adult titles. For the Loan Stars Jr. list, the schedule operates slightly differently.

  • Loan Stars Jr. releases six lists per year, or one every two months in advance of the second month’s publication dates

    • For example, the March/April list will be released during the first weeks of March . 

Finally with LibraryData we will have the ability to produce specialty lists that will highlight particular titles written by Canadian contributors, or feature specific subjects, or focus on regional lists.

• These lists are scheduled to be produced six times per year, once every two months, in the months when the Jr. list is not published.