Readers Advisory Interview and Reference Interview

Are these two same or different?

The simple answer is no. They are not same.

While Reader's advisory is, in general, mostly about reading habits, the reference interview is, in general, mostly about seeking information about any thing.

More food for thought:

First, readers’ advisory is about public service;
Second, readers’ advisory is about readers and what they want to read/listen to/view, not about the last good book or DVD we enjoyed.
Third, readers’ advisory is nonjudgmental. continue reading, At Leisure with Joyce Saricks: Against Rules. [Thanks to The Gypsy Librarian for this citation]

What is Readers’ Advisory? in relation to Reference Service

Fiction & Reader's Advisory

Reader's Advisory Interview

The Readers’ Advisory Interview: REFERENCE INTERVIEW VS READERS’ ADVISORY (DIFFERENCES / SIMILARITIES )

THE REFERENCE INTERVIEW

Because of the similarity between the reference and the reader advisory interviews, it is useful to begin discussion of the reader advisory interview by reviewing some of the basic aspects of the reference interview. Note too that reader advisory work may be done in the reference department.

See also:

Setting the stage for the reference interview, @ Alaskan Librarian, The stand-alone blog of Daniel Cornwall

Rewarding Reading - Reader Advisory Training,

The reference interview revisited: Librarian-patron interaction in the virtual environment, Evelyn L. Curry, in SIMILE Studies In Media & Information Literacy Education, Volume 5, Issue 1 (February 2005), © University of Toronto Press
article number: 61