2004 ANNUAL LAUNC-CH CONFERENCE

March 15, 2004

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Presentation Topics:

Keynote - Wayne Wiegand

• "On the Social Nature of Reading"
  
  

One Community, One Book (Susan Brown, Trudier Harris, Steve Sumerford)

• What are the issues, impacts, and experiences when a community comes together to read?
  
  
• Greensboro
• Orange County
• Wake County

One Campus, One Book (Deborah Pedersen, Marianne Suggs)

• What are the issues, impacts, and experiences when a campus comes together to read?
  
  
• Appalachian State University
• UNC Chapel Hill (controversy)

Effects of Reading (Brian Sturm)

• This session will explore how we experience reading, how it feels to be immersed in a good book, and the physical and emotional implications of such entranced reading. Learn why bedtime reading is good for you and examine your own reading experiences and values.

How to become an Habitual Reader (David Carr)

• Habitual readers and cultures of reading grow because attentive librarians nurture, encourage, and inspire them.

Advocacy for Readers - Panel discussion (Frannie Ashburn, Nora Armstrong, Duncan Smith; moderated by Diane Strauss)

• Cumberland County Public Library - Reader's Resources
• North Carolina Center for the Book
• NoveList

Please reserve March 15th to attend this important conference.

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