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About One Book Gettysburg College and the Adams County Library System are pleased to announce the Adams County Reads One Book program beginning in late January 2004. This community wide event will feature Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi as the "one book." Ursula Hegi will visit Gettysburg on March 10-11, 2004. Selection Criteria Many books and authors were carefully considered for this program. Our top criteria were:
History "One Book, One
Community" programming began in 1998 when Nancy Pearl and Nancy Pearl has become a celebrity in her own right - she served as the model for the popular Librarian Action Figure toy manufactured by Archie McFee. As of December 2003, the Librarian Action Figure is their bestselling toy! One-book programs have proliferated since 1998 - see the Library of Congress' list of programs nationwide. Many communities in Pennsylvania have also adapted the program. Selected Pennsylvania groups include:
Join Us! We envision a similar experience here in Adams County, and we hope that the college-community partnership will make our program even more compelling. We are tremendously excited about Adams County Reads One Book, and we hope that you are, too. Please don't hesitate to contact us with ideas or questions. Contact Janelle Wertzberger at 337-7010 or jwertzbe@gettysburg.edu |
the Seattle Public Library designed a program titled "If All of
Seattle Read the Same Book." This program included numerous community
events designed to motivate people to read the book and to unite
the community through the shared experience of reading. Events included
discussion groups and lectures at various branches of the public
library, chapter readings on public radio, a visit from the author,
and more. The program was a huge success, and Seattle has been reading
together every since (see their 300 North Washington Street
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325