Librarians always want to work in a book club or two in their year. Lunch time is when most of our students are available, but it's also a socializing period with peers. Librarians seeking to hold a book club during lunch period have to offer something pretty enticing. Cathy Jo discusses in a recent post the channels she traveled to find the best way to hold lunch-time book clubs. She learned it was to plan one or two lunches in the semester that she could coordinate with her admin/cafeteria manager to be 'catered'. She set the dates and advertised early among students, required 'reservations' and students signed on early to attend--spend their lunch hour discussing the book while lunching on pizza or deli sandwiches/chips.
No need to reinvent the wheel on book clubs; I'm following Nelson's thoughts. Let's make book clubs alluring--advertise to students the title, where they can get the book, and they will reserve a place at the catered luncheon for book discussion.
http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/ (Dec. 16/13)
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