:The Young Librarian Series

Hello everyone!

Leah here and I wanted to keep you informed about what’s happening with the book club.

In case you missed it, here is Carrie’s posting about the creation of the Young Librarians Book Club.

http://blogs.tametheweb.com/younglibrarian/2009/12/07/young-librarians-book-club/

We are meeting tonight at 6PM to discuss The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter.

For details or if you have any questions please contact Carrie at: ca_straka[the at sign]yahoo[the dot sign]com. Otherwise feel free to post your thoughts below on the book! And happy reading!

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Hello everyone!

Leah here and I wanted to let you know that we will post book club details on the site, so you can keep up to date. This way those of you who don’t live in the Chicago area can keep up to date with what we are reading and those of us who are in the Chicago area can participate remotely if need be. I have created a category called The Book Club, which can be accessed by the clicking on the pull down menu on the right hand side of you screen. In case you missed it, here is Carrie’s posting about the creation of the Young Librarians Book Club.

http://blogs.tametheweb.com/younglibrarian/2009/12/07/young-librarians-book-club/

The next meeting is this Sunday, January 10th at 6PM at the Schaumburg Township District Library. The book we are reading is Perfection by Julie Metz.

If you plan on showing up or have any questions please contact Carrie at: ca_straka[the at sign]yahoo[the dot sign]com. Otherwise feel free to post your thoughts below on the book! And happy reading!

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Carrie Straka is a 32 year old Adult Services Librarian at Vernon Area Public Library District in Lincolnshire, IL. She can be found on Twitter at www.twitter.com/librarybug, or you can read her blog at http://librarybug.wordpress.com.

I’ve been searching for a book club for a long time. Since I haven’t been able to find one, I decided to establish a new book club for young librarians. The club will give young librarians a chance to connect and gain experience with book clubs.

Here are my goals for the Young Librarians Book Club:

• Rotating Leadership: Different discussion leaders at each meeting will give everyone more experience.
• Various Meeting Locations: Meetings at different locations around the Chicago area will make it easier for more people to take part.
• Broad Genre Exposure: Books from many genres, as well as non-fiction, will be covered to give everyone experience with unfamiliar genres.

If you live in the Chicagoland area, and you’d like to join the Young Librarians Book Club, or you have questions, you can contact Carrie at ca_straka[at]yahoo.com.

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