
The Slow Book Revolution
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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.
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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
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