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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
  • 2023, 57(4), pp.161-184
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2023.57.4.161
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : October 26, 2023
  • Accepted : October 30, 2023
  • Published : November 30, 2023

Yoon, Cheong Ok 1

1청주대학교

Excellent Accredited

ABSTRACT

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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