[Libs-Or] City Reads programs and book give-aways

[Rich Wandschneider]

We had the first Big Read programs here in Wallowa County when i was at
Fishtrap (and they still have them; this year is The Things They Carry)

In our grants, we always had some money for library copies, and when
appropriate for schools. The bookstore also sold copies at a discount (why
wouldn’t she; she probably sells from 50-200 copies of the book each year).

And we always had--they still do--an opening event with a speaker. We would
give away a few copies of the book at it.

Finally, we encourage book groups. There were a couple of existing groups,
but we helped businesses, libraries, government offices, Rotary Club,
school teacher groups, etc to form their own groups, and they used library
copies as well as books they bought and passed around.

I would encourage libraries to apply for Big Read grants for community read
programs, or join with other non-profits to do so, the grants are from
$5000-$20,000. They allow you to build program around a book--this year
they are planning on having a history prof from Whitman over for a lecture
on the War, and we are doing a Brown Bag program here at Josephy Center
(and Josephy Library) dealing with the war at home. A retired journalist is
already piecing together a picture of Wallowa County in 1969. Etc.

For more info on Big Read, go to http://www.neabigread.org/about.php. To
follow Fishtrap’s adventures with over a decade of programming, go to
Fishtrap.org.

Sorry for the long missive, but community, or Big Read, programs are--or
can be--terrific. Oh, one thing i forgot. You can often find multiple used
copies of books at libraries who have sponsored programs in past. We got a
ton of Fahrenheit 451 for a song.

best
rich wandschneiders

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Ted Smith <t.smith at newportlibrary.org>
wrote:

> We just buy about 15 extra books (trade paper) to check out.  My
> Foundation has bought up to 100 to give to students in Newport High’s
> creative writing classes, depending on the author and book.
>
>
>
> *From:* Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On
> Behalf Of *Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:12 PM
> *To:* libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* [Libs-Or] City Reads programs and book give-aways
>
>
>
> Driftwood is launching our first ever Lincoln City Reads program in the
> early spring. We would like to have a book give-away when we announce the
> title to help get people excited, but we're not sure how many books we
> should purchase. Have any of you done book give-aways with your city reads
> programs? What kind of response did you get?
>
>
>
> Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, MLIS
>
> Library Director
>
> Driftwood Public Library
>
> 801 SW Highway 101 #201
>
> Lincoln City, OR 97367
>
> Phone: 541-996-1251 <(541)%20996-1251>
>
> kbrodbeck-kenney at lincolncity.org
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