The slow book revolution : creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond /: creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Meagan Lacy.
• Editors: Lacy, Meagan
• Contents: Contents PrefaceAcknowledgments PART I: REASONS TO GO SLOW Chapter 1: What is Slow Books?Meagan LacyChapter 2: Slow Books in the Academic LibraryMeagan Lacy PART II: PROMOTING THE SLOW BOOKS MOVEMENT IN THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY Chapter 3: Getting Started: The Collection, the Service, and the PromotionPauline DewanChapter 4: The Library Book Club at Regent UniversityHarold HenkelChapter 5: Ten Years of Theme Reading at Indiana University South BendJulie ElliottChapter 6: Readers' Advisory in the College ClassroomBarbara FisterChapter 7: Revisiting the Dormitory: The RPS Libraries of Indiana UniversityWillie MillerChapter 8: Virtual Readers' AdvisoryElizabeth 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 StudentSarah Fay Philips and Dr. Emerson CaseChapter 10: Beyond College: Collaborating with your Public LibrarianRebecca MalinowskiChapter 11: Redefining "Impossible": A Public Library's Journey Through the ClassicsKaren Hansen and Lesley Williams ConclusionFurther ReadingIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors.
• Publisher Details: New York : Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (172 pages)
• Subjects: 028.9; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Library & Information Science -- General; Books and reading -- United States; Books and reading -- Psychological aspects; College students -- Books and reading; Reading (Higher education); Libraries and colleges -- United States -- Case studies; Readers' advisory services; Reading promotion; Critical thinking; Slow life movement; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Study & Teaching; Library & information services
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216145769
• Related ISBNs: 9781610697156
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.