ucpl adult summer reading webinar
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•A summer-long exploration of a classic work•Complements other adult summer reading
programs in StL Metro area
Big Book Challenge at University City Public
Library
2011: Our Summer of War and Peace
1,273 pages
40 participants
No vodka
No kidding
A little Big Book history:
Key to Success: Our Reader’s Guide
Key to Success: Our Reader’s Guide
Key to Success: Our Reader’s Guide
A little Big Book history:2012: Don’t Have a Miserable Summer
1,432 pages~110 participants in all related programsThink refreshments: cheese, baguettes, patisserie…
Don Quixote: Dreaming Impossible
Dreams Together!
940 pages
10 program events
383 program participants
Ramping it up in 2013:
One Book, Many Formats
Regular Print Audio CD
Downloadable eBook
Downloadable Audiobook
Wolfner Talking Book Print Abridged
3 book discussions: a long book is broken into manageable chunks
Thematically- linked cultural programming
Thematically-linked cultural programming
Thematically-linked cultural programming and Sophia Loren
Celebrating our achievement:
“I never would have
read this book on my
own.”
“I feel braver to
take on the big
daunting classics.”
“Thinking about what I would like
to discuss with the group as I read makes me more aware of how others might
interpret the same passages.”
“Makes me more
of an analytical reader.”
Why a big book? (our readers respond)
And for 2014:
Middlemarch: Experiments in
(Your) Life!
“My writing is simply a set of experiments in
life.” Eliot, 1876
Key to Success: Partner Organization
Tell me how many Wolfner patrons are in my service area
Help with targeted marketing efforts
Make Braille and audio copies of books available
What can Wolfner do for me?
Workshop for local-area Wolfner patrons and potential Wolfner patrons
Additional workshop for St Louis metro-area library staff on connecting patrons with Wolfner services
All presented by Wolfner staff at University City Public Library on Tuesday, June 3, 2014
And new for 2014:
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the
Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Thank you!
Kathleen GallagherReference and Instruction Librarian
University City Public Library6701 Delmar Blvd.
University City, Missouri 63130314.727.3150