Literature, Community and Cooperation: The Big Read at Regent University

This article recounts the experience of the Regent University Library in planning and implementing a festival of Tolstoy and Russian culture as part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read initiative. The NEA launched the Big Read in 2006 to counter the alarming decline of literary rea...

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Published in:Public Services Quarterly 2010-11, Vol.6 (4), p.331-342
Main Authors: Hillery, Leanne B., Henkel, Harold L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities
Art Activities
Arts
Big Read
Communities
Cooperation
Culture
event planning
Information Dissemination
Librarian Attitudes
Librarians
Libraries
literature programs
National Organizations
Organizational Communication
Partnerships in Education
Program Development
Program Evaluation
program planning
Reading Programs
Reading promotion
Risk
Russian Literature
School Community Relationship
University libraries
Virginia
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Summary:This article recounts the experience of the Regent University Library in planning and implementing a festival of Tolstoy and Russian culture as part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read initiative. The NEA launched the Big Read in 2006 to counter the alarming decline of literary reading documented in its 2002 report Reading at Risk. Program and event planning are important competencies of librarianship. The authors hope that the lessons learned in planning a large event with many partners will be useful to others undertaking similar projects for the first time.
ISSN:1522-8959
1522-9114
DOI:10.1080/15228951003723796