The Slow Book Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

Creating a New Culture of Reading on College Campuses and Beyond
Redaktion: Lacy, Meagan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in college campus libraries as well as public and high school libraries, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books. In a world of constant Facebook posts and Tweets, digital distractions and online reading habits are wearing at students' ability to focus, reflect, synthesize, and think deeply. This professional text, based on a concept introduced by Maura Kelly in the online edition of The Atlantic, delves into the trend toward contemplative reading-otherwise known as the Slow Book movement-explaining what it is, why it's important, and how you can implement it in various ways and in multiple settings. Author and librarian Meagan Lacy, along with contributions from others in the field, offers insights, advice, and practical tools to help you foster an appreciation of reading in students both during and after college. The first part of the book establishes the importance of the Slow Book movement, while the second and third sections combine case studies and guidance for employing the principles of this method across multiple genres, including fiction, nonfiction, classics, and contemporary works. Chapters build a rationale for the approach, describe its underlying philosophy, and articulate concrete ways to apply the methodology in different venues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216145769
• Artikelnr.: 68167773

Autorenporträt

Meagan Lacy is the information literacy librarian at Guttman Community College at The City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface Acknowledgments PART I: REASONS TO GO SLOW Chapter 1: What
is Slow Books? Meagan Lacy Chapter 2: Slow Books in the Academic Library
Meagan Lacy PART II: PROMOTING THE SLOW BOOKS MOVEMENT IN THE ACADEMIC
LIBRARY Chapter 3: Getting Started: The Collection, the Service, and the
Promotion Pauline Dewan Chapter 4: The Library Book Club at Regent
University Harold Henkel Chapter 5: Ten Years of Theme Reading at Indiana
University South Bend Julie Elliott Chapter 6: Readers' Advisory in the
College Classroom Barbara Fister Chapter 7: Revisiting the Dormitory: The
RPS Libraries of Indiana University Willie Miller Chapter 8: Virtual
Readers' Advisory Elizabeth Brookbank PART III: BEYOND THE ACADEMIC
LIBRARY: A LIFETIME OF SLOW BOOKS Chapter 9: Collaborating with Local High
Schools: Your Senior Will Be My First Year Student Sarah Fay Philips and
Dr. Emerson Case Chapter 10: Beyond College: Collaborating with your Public
Librarian Rebecca Malinowski Chapter 11: Redefining "Impossible": A Public
Library's Journey Through the Classics Karen Hansen and Lesley Williams
Conclusion Further Reading Index About the Editor and Contributors