The slow book revolution
Subtitle: creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond
By: Meagan Lacy, editor
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781610697156; 9781610697163
Subjects: Books and reading; Psychological aspects; College students; Reading (Higher education); Libraries and colleges; Case studies; Readers' advisory services; Reading promotion; Critical thinking; Slow life movement; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is Slow Books? / Meagan Lacy; title: Slow Books in the academic library / Meagan Lacy; title: Getting started : the collection, the service, and the promotion / Pauline Dewan; title: The Library Book Club at Regent University / Harold Henkel; title: Years of theme reading at Indiana University South Bend / Julie Elliott; title: Readers' advisory in the college classroom / Barbara Fister; title: Revisiting the dormitory : the RPS Libraries of Indiana University / Willie Miller; title: Virtual readers' advisory / Elizabeth Brookbank; title: Collaborating with local high schools : your senior will be my first year student / Sarah Fay Philips and Dr. Emerson Case; title: Beyond college : collaborating with your public librarian / Rebecca Malinowski; title: Redefining "impossible" : a public library's journey through the classics / Karen Hansen and Lesley Williams.