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The slow book revolution : creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond / Meagan Lacy, editor.

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]

x, 160 pages ; 24 cm

"This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in high schools, public libraries, and college campuses, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Lacy, Meagan, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is Slow Books? / Meagan Lacy -- Slow Books in the academic library / Meagan Lacy -- Getting started : the collection, the service, and the promotion / Pauline Dewan -- The Library Book Club at Regent University / Harold Henkel -- Years of theme reading at Indiana University South Bend / Julie Elliott -- Readers' advisory in the college classroom / Barbara Fister -- Revisiting the dormitory : the RPS Libraries of Indiana University / Willie Miller -- Virtual readers' advisory / Elizabeth Brookbank -- Collaborating with local high schools : your senior will be my first year student / Sarah Fay Philips and Dr. Emerson Case -- Beyond college : collaborating with your public librarian / Rebecca Malinowski -- Redefining "impossible" : a public library's journey through the classics / Karen Hansen and Lesley Williams.

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