Has anyone attempted to
do a book club in their residence halls. If so I would appreciate
the following knowing the following information. Thank you for your
time.
1. How were the books provided to each
resident?
2. Where there any restrictions to who
could participate?
3. How successful was it in your
opinion?
4. How many people could participate
5. What was the cost involved?
6. Who paid for the books?
Lakecia, I ran a book club about
three or four years ago when I was a hall director. I thought it ran well.
I targeted six to ten students who I thought it would be interested in
participating. I think about eight decided to be a part of the group. The
group was open to anyone else that wanted to "join." We did have a roommate
of one of the people I targetted that was interested. We as a group decided on
the books (although I did comprise a booklist which included a brief description,
number of pages, and approximate cost in case the ideas were sparse). We
each spent a couple of minutes describing a book that we enjoyed. When
everyone was finished we made a decision. Then each person was responsible
for getting the book. I did offer to obtain enough copies for everyone
and then they would pay me back but the people in the group decided that
it would be easiest if each person got their own book. That seemed to work
out and the cost wasn't much. Generally, the books were about seven - ten
dollars each. We decided that we would give six weeks to read the book
and then come together to discuss it.
The group was pretty informal. I merely organized
it. I then had the group make all of the decisions related to it. They
liked that. Good luck. I had a blast with it. ________________________ Gavin Henning Research Associate Office of Student Life University of New Hampshire Phone (603) 862-3611 FAX (603) 862-4787 gavin.henning@unh.edu
