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27 Reasons to Host — Book Clubs in Academic Libraries: A Case Study and Toolkit

Reasons to Host

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There are any number of reasons to host a book club in your academic library. Below are just a few of them.

  • Building community
  • Highlighting marginalized voices
  • Promoting reading
  • Having scholarly conversations
  • Showing the breadth of services that an academic library can provide
  • Creating, sustaining, or strengthening collaborations with other campus units

 

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