Living books
Did anyone see Denton this week? I didn't either, but this week's show has certainly set people talking.
Andrew Denton introduced Australia to the concept of living books. Living books are the newest thing to hit libraries in Europe. The theory is the library signs up various people who become the living books, which library users can then borrow for 45 minutes at a time. The idea behind it is that people can find out more about particular groups of people by borrowing a living book and chatting to them. Some of the examples of living books have so far been Muslims, homosexuals, animal activists, a gypsy and a journalist.
Andrew then spoke to a living book, a transexual, and one of the library users who borrowed her. The borrower was a mother whose daughter had decieded she was transexual and so she was able to find out more about what this decision whould mean for her daughter and what she could do to support her daughter in that choice.
Let me know what you think of the idea and what sort of living book you might like to borrow and why.
TC
Andrew Denton introduced Australia to the concept of living books. Living books are the newest thing to hit libraries in Europe. The theory is the library signs up various people who become the living books, which library users can then borrow for 45 minutes at a time. The idea behind it is that people can find out more about particular groups of people by borrowing a living book and chatting to them. Some of the examples of living books have so far been Muslims, homosexuals, animal activists, a gypsy and a journalist.
Andrew then spoke to a living book, a transexual, and one of the library users who borrowed her. The borrower was a mother whose daughter had decieded she was transexual and so she was able to find out more about what this decision whould mean for her daughter and what she could do to support her daughter in that choice.
Let me know what you think of the idea and what sort of living book you might like to borrow and why.
TC
posted by Library Blog | 10:02 am
1 Comments:
Seems like the living books selected are all really radical choices with the possible exception of the journalist. Wheres the Air Force Pilot or the Policeman? What about a Pro-Life Activist or an Author? Anyhow it's an interesting idea but I think it would have difficulties with large scale implementation
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