Case Reading Club

Case Reading Club

Background

The Case reading club is a collaboration between librarians Karen Thornton and Brian Gray and the KSL staff and development committee, who independently came up with the idea of a reading club. It was decided we combine efforts and alternate between an article reading on a topic of library interest and book reading of general interest.

When We Meet:

We meet every month and alternate between journal articles and books.
Next meeting: Wednesday June 24, 2009 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm in Dampeer Room.

Meeting Schedules:

June 24, 2009 (Book)

My Life in France by Julia Child

What We have Read:

May 7, 2009 (Articles)

1. Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? : The future of reading article by Motoko Rich
   

2. Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers : The future of reading article by Motoko Rich
   

3. In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update : The future of reading article by Motoko Rich
   

April 2, 2009 (Book)

The Bride of the Innisfallen, and Other Stories by Eudora Welty

March 3, 2009 (Articles)

1. Google & the Future of Books: An Article in the most recent New York Review of Books by Harvard Librarian Robert Darnton
   

2. Some Fear Google’s Power in Digital Books: An Accompanying Article from the New York Times by Noam Cohen
   

February 2009 (Book)
No discussion held

January 2009 (Article)
No discussion held

December 16, 2008 (Book)

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley

November 19, 2008 (Article)

1. Problem Patrons: All Shapes and Sizes by Blessinger, Kelly D.
   

2. Shaping Patron Behavior Through Information, Communication, and Education by May, Rachel Fleming and Hedges, Barbara
   

3. The customer journey - the Moments of Truth by Emberton, Fi and Stanley, John
   

4. "Why Nots?" for Libraries by Siess, Judith
   

5. THINKING ABOUT…It's All About the Customer by Siess, Judith
   

October 30, 2008 (Book)

The American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

September 25, 2008 (Article)

1. Benedict-Nelson, A. (2008, Winter2008). IT'S A WIKI, WIKI WORLD. Common Review, 6(3), 34-41. Retrieved August 26, 2008, from Humanities International Complete database.
   

2. When Wikipedia is the assignment
   

3. Know it all : Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? By Stacy Schiff
   

August 13, 2008 (Book)
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen

July 2008 (Article)
No discussion held

June 18, 2008 (Book)
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

May 2008 (Article)
No discussion held

April 2, 2008 (Book)
Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

February 22, 2008 (Article)

1. Facebook Use on Campus: A Social Capital Perspective on Social Network Sites.
   

2. Students + Facebook + Library Outreach.

January 30, 2008 (Book)

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger

December 14, 2007 (Article)

1. Grafton, Anthony. "Future Reading", New Yorker. 11/5/2007, Vol. 83 Issue 34, p50-54, 5p.

2. Grafton, Anthony. "Adventures in Wonderland", New Yorker 5 Nov. 2007.

1. Jason, Epstein. "Books@Google." The New York Review of Books 19 Oct. 2007.

2. Last, Jonathan V. "Google and Its Enemies." The Weekly Standard 10 Dec. 2007.

3. Michael, Hirschorn. "The Hapless Seed." The Atlantic June 2007.

4. Toobin, Jeffrey. "Google's Moon Shot: the Quest for the Universal Library." New Yorker 5 Feb. 2007.

October 31, 2007 (Book)

Reader's choice: Travel Genre

September 28, 2007 (Article)

1. Games for Teaching Information Literacy Skills.
2. PERSPECTIVES ON . The Pirate-Teacher.
3. Remaining Relevant Online.
4. Why Johnny Can't Search.
   

Aug 23, 2007 (Book)

Working Poor: Invisible In America by David K. Shipler

July 25, 2007 (Article)

1. The baby-boomers' kids are marching into the workplace, and look out: This crop of twentysomethings really is different. Fortune's Nadira Hira presents a field guide to Generation Y.

2. Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce

3. Think Trends, Not Types Library Journal; 6/15/2006, Vol. 131 Issue 11, p44-44, 1p, 1c

May 30, 2007 (Book)

The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness by Steven Levy

April 10, 2007 (Article)

What libraries can learn from bookstores: Applying bookstore design to public libraries INFOcus, January 2007.

March 8, 2007 (Book)

No Certain Rest by Jim Lehrer

February 27, 2007 (Article)

1. Future Intersections Library Technology Reports; Sep/Oct2006, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p56-59, 4p

2. Some Tricks to Build Information Fluency MultiMedia & Internet@Schools; Nov/Dec2006, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p6-28, 3p

3. Digital Game-Based Learning: It's Not Just the Digital Natives Who Are Restless Joel Foreman, James Paul Gee, J. C. Herz, Randy Hinrichs, Marc Prensky, and Ben Sawyer. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 50-66.

4. Game-Based Learning: How to Delight and Instruct in the 21st Century EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 16-30.

5. Digital games have the potential to bring play back to the learning experience

January 25, 2007 (Book)

History of Love by Nicole Krauss

December 6, 2006 (Article)

1. Educause is a nonprofit organization that promotes using innovative technology in higher education, and publishes articles on gaming in an academic environment.

2. The Horizon Report 2006 Edition This report, released annually, discusses six emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education. Maybe this might be interesting to read for a future meeting.

3. An article from the Educause Quarterly on gaming and other technologies:
   Tomorrowland: When New Technologies Get Newer

4. NPR recently had a couple of interesting broadcasts on attracting a wider audience to gaming and using gaming technologies for other purposes than entertainment: Link1 Link2

5. The ACRL online tutorial database (PRIMO)

6. Gaming: The Next Hot Technology for Libraries? (cover story). Information Today; Jun2006, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p1-51, 2p, 3c

7. HOW GAMING Could Improve Information Literacy. Computers in Libraries; May2006, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p14-17, 4p, 1c
   

October 31, 2006 (Book)

March by E.L. Doctorow

September 20, 2006 (Article)

Using IM (Instant Message for Reference Chat service)

1. Instruction via Instant Messaging reference: what's happening?
   Desai, Christina M.; Graves, Stephanie J.
   Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
   The Electronic Library, Vol: 24, Issue: 2, 2006, pp. 174-189

2. FASTER Virtual Reference on the Cheap!
   Schmidt, Aaron, Stephens, Michael
   Library Journal; 4/1/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 6, p34-35, 2p

3. A Study of Internet Instant Messaging and Chat Protocols.
   Jennings III, Raymond B.; Nahum, Erich M.; Olshefski, David P.
   Source: IEEE Network; Jul/Aug2006, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p16-21, 6p

4. Hello IM, Goodbye TTY.
   Peters, Tom; Bell, Lori
   Source: Computers in Libraries; May2006, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p18-21, 4p

5. Recognizing the Generational Divide: When X Meets Y at the Tribal College.
   Wood, Grace
   Source: Tribal College; Summer2006, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p24-25, 2p, 1c

August 9, 2006 (Book)

Soul of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman

July 26, 2006 (Canceled)

June 27, 2006 (Article)

What is Web 2.0 by Tim O'Reilly

May 30, 2006 (Book)

Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

April 21, 2006 (Article)

Future of Libraries
The Future of Libraries Beginning the Great Transformation by Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute

To Join:

e-mail karen.thornton@case.edu

Link

CPL@Case-KSL