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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science

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Vol.57 No.4
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A Case Study of ‘One Book, One City’ Community Reading Promotion Campaigns: Seattle Reads

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, (P)1225-598X; (E)2982-6292
2023, v.57 no.4, pp.161-184
https://doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2023.57.4.161
Cheong-Ok Yoon
Yoon, C. (2023). A Case Study of ‘One Book, One City’ Community Reading Promotion Campaigns: Seattle Reads. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 57(4), 161-184, https://doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2023.57.4.161
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This research is a case study of ‘Seattle Reads’, which launched in 1998 and has become the prototype of ‘One Book, One City’ Community Reading Promotion Campaign. The purpose of this research is to comprehend further the current state and future goals of ‘Seattle Reads’ as a typical ‘One Book’ program by documenting the characteristics of the ‘One Book’s selected for the past 25 years and their related events and activities. ‘Seattle Reads’ presented the model of ‘One Book’ program, which consists of the selection of ‘One Book’ for adult readers, its reading and discussion, and a variety of events and activities in the community. This analysis of ‘Seattle Reads’ demonstrates the continuity, consistency, self-reliance, and independence of a ‘One Book’ program, by reading and talking about ‘One Book’ by authors with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and trying to understand and integrate differences among people in the community.

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‘One Book, One City’ Reading Promotion Campaign, ‘One Book’ Reading Campaign, Community Reading Campaign, Seattle Reads, Events in Public Libraries

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