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PAST NEWS ARCHIVE
April 10, 2002
Contact: Patricia Fraga, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
National Library Week April 14-20, 2002
City of Austin and Austin Public Library Announce An Exciting Reading Campaign
Press Conference to take place at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill
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| Event: |
"What if All of Austin Reads the Same Book?"-the first annual selection of the "Mayor's Book Club" to be announced at a press conference at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill. The campaign is designed to broaden and deepen an appreciation of literature through reading and discussion. The Library in partnership with the University of Texas Humanities Institute will provide free programs and discussion groups in the Fall of 2002. The book will be available at all library (21) locations, as well as offered at area bookstores.
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Announcement of the book title to take place at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill 5125 Convict Hill Road (southwest Austin).
Mayor Garcia will check out the first copy using the Library's Selfcheck machine-a new technology implemented at Austin Public Library in 2001.
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Monday, April 15, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
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| Participants:
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Mayor Gus Garcia
Brenda Branch, Director of Libraries
Evan Carton, Director UT Humanities Institute
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| Notes:
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Austin is the first city in Texas to launch a "One Book" reading campaign. Initiated in 1998 by the Washington Center for the Book "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book," these campaigns are being introduced as city and statewide projects across the U.S.A.
What could be more appropriate for a city that has one of the highest number of book sales per capita in the country than a citywide book club? The campaign is designed to be a cooperative project that invites residents of the metro Austin area to engage in conversations about one book. Through this reading campaign we hope to build active community participation and enable communication among Austin's diverse citizens by promoting citywide reading and discussion of a shared book.
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