Title:
The slow book revolution : creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond / Meagan Lacy, editor.
Author:
Lacy, Meagan, editor.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Call Number:
Z1003.2 .S58 2014
Abstract:
"This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in high schools, public libraries, and college campuses, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781610697156
Physical Description:
x, 160 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part I. Reasons to go slow : What is Slow Books? / Meagan Lacy -- Slow Books in the academic library / Meagan Lacy -- Part II. Promoting the Slow Books movement in the academic library : Getting started: the collection, the service, and the promotion / Pauline Dewan -- The Library Book Club at Regent University / Harold Henkel -- Ten years of theme reading at Indiana University South Bend / Julie Elliott -- Readers' advisory in the college classroom / Barbara Fister -- Revisiting the dormitory: the RPS Libraries of Indiana University / Willie Miller -- Virtual readers' advisory / Elizabeth Brookbank -- Part III. Beyond the academic library: a lifetime of Slow Books : Collaborating with local high schools: your senior will be my first year student / Sarah Fay Philips and Emerson Case -- Beyond college: collaborating with your public librarian / Rebecca Malinowski -- Redefining "impossible": a public library's journey through the classics / Karen Hansen and Lesley Williams.
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