Book Talks
Dates: 4/10/01,8:43 AM through 4/12/01,4:58 PM (9 postings)
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FROM: Carol Elmore <[removed]@westga.edu>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 8:43 AM
So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV station. Has anyone
done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30 minutes? 60 minutes?
How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30 minutes? Will it be
really labor intensive?
Thanks for the imput!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library
FROM: "Gena Zelenka" <[removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 9:36 AM
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Carol Elmore
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:35 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book Talks
I have had no luck with book discussions at our library and I don't think
it is me, people just don't come and I have tried day and evening groups.
So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV station. Has anyone
done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30 minutes? 60 minutes?
How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30 minutes? Will it be
really labor intensive?
Thanks for the imput!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library
FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@olatheks.org>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 9:57 AM
Donna Jo Atwood
Reference Librarian
Olathe (KS) Public Library
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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Gena Zelenka
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:25 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Book Talks
Caryl Mobley from Arlington Heights P.L. (847) 392-0100 has done something
like this and might be able to help you.
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Carol Elmore
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:35 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book Talks
I have had no luck with book discussions at our library and I don't think
it is me, people just don't come and I have tried day and evening groups.
So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV station. Has anyone
done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30 minutes? 60 minutes?
How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30 minutes? Will it be
really labor intensive?
Thanks for the imput!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library
FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 11:43 AM
Our system has a 15-minute show that airs on cable-access TV every
Wednesday night. Sometimes booktalks are included in the program; when
this happens, each of us talks about a different title for about four
minutes each.
When it was my turn, I found it very helpful to write out what I wanted to
say on notecards, time how long it took me to deliver what I'd written,
pad or cut accordingly, and practice, practice, practice. It makes the job
easier if you're presenting a book you really, really like.
HTH. Cordially,
Nora
Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us
FROM: Kaite Mediatore <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 11:54 AM
Booktalk! 4 has articles on how to do it and one of the
best booktalks I've ever heard/read by Jeff Blair. He
"bookraps" a title about dinosaurs. It's incredible! All of
the booktalk entries have author, title and grade
appropriate ranges. This makes it easy to select titles to
booktalk.
Booktalks can be anywhere from 30 seconds to 4 minutes.
Joni has a two sentence booktalk she uses for _Outlander_
by Diana Gabaldon and it came right off the book blurb. And
there are some booktalks that are one full page.
The great thing about doing booktalks is you can take it
anywhere. A ten book booktalk program can be done as a
program for service clubs, a library event, classrooms,
ANYWHERE! I've done booktalks in the aisles of book stores
and I wasn't even an employee!
Putting together a booktalk program is about as labor
intensive as you want it to be. Joni's five books have more
than enough booktalks to fill 30 minutes. And you don't
memorize them, you learn them, get an idea of what is
covered in the booktalk and then put your own spin on it.
If I sound like I'm gushing, it's because Joni was one of
my professors at library school and I wouldn't be a
reader's advisor if it weren't for her. When all the other
instructors and classes were teaching us the rudiments of
library science--managing, budgeting, policy writing,hiring
and firing--Joni constantly reminded all the students that
most people used a library for recreation.
If you need exact titles and ISBNs for Booktalk! 3-5, let
me know. I have them on my desk.
Kaite
> I have had no luck with book discussions at our library
> and I don't think
> it is me, people just don't come and I have tried day and
> evening groups.
>
> So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV
> station. Has anyone
> done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30
> minutes? 60 minutes?
> How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30
> minutes? Will it be
> really labor intensive?
>
> Thanks for the imput!
> Carole Elmore
> Newnan-Coweta Public Library
>
>
>
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FROM: Sarah Redman <[removed]@cadl.org>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 4:42 PM
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> From: "Carol Elmore" <[removed]@westga.edu>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:35:24 -0400 (EDT)
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> I have had no luck with book discussions at our library and I don't think
> it is me, people just don't come and I have tried day and evening groups.
>
> So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV station. Has anyone
> done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30 minutes? 60 minutes?
> How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30 minutes? Will it be
> really labor intensive?
>
> Thanks for the imput!
Subject: Book talks on tv
From: Sarah Redman
Date April 10, 2001
Carol,
I have an ongoing arrangement with a local access cable program. I tape
approximately ten titles at once for them and they broadcast them singly or as a
30-minute program, depending on their need. They also make copies of the master
available to other local access channels in our county, so one taping reaches all
our library service areas. (We are a 14-library system which serves a county.)
Taping allows you to "re-do" takes as needed and lessens the time commitment. It
takes about 2 hours to tape the 30 minutes of air time. I write most of the book
talk on cards which I refer to as needed (but as little as possible). Taping
essentials like character, setting, etc. on the back of the book ( which you
then display in front of you as you speak) is also helpful. The response has
been very positive from the communities. We also use condensed versions of these
booktalks for our on-line recommendation site. Feel free to contact me for more
information.
Sarah Redman
Selection Specialist
Capital Area District Library
Lansing, MI 517-367-6326 [removed]@cadl.org
FROM: [removed]@earthlink.net
REC'D: 4/11/01, 12:36 PM
The most difficult part of doing talks on tv is seeming to be a talking
head. Do use shots of the cover, and long and close up shots as well.
If you are working in front of an audience, rather than in a studio, you
can also include shots of the audience response to the talk.
Do keep your talks short and varied in subject, which can also help
offset the talking head phenom. However, is a 15 min presentation, I'd
also include one longer one to make the entire presentation more
unpredictable.
If there is only one booktalker, I wouldn't go much past 15 min, altho
it's about 1/2-1/3 the time of a "standard" presentation, again due to
the talking head problem. With two or three booktalkers, you can do
something longer with less chance of losing your audience.
If you are going to use several booktalkers, don't have each one do all
their talks at once. Move among them, changing places based on the type
of book to be presented next. Let A do 2, then B do 1, C do 1, then B
do two, A do 1, and so on. This will make a more dramatic and dynamic
presentation, because the audience won't know what or who to expect
next.
As for how much work--well, it is work. Using someone's published talk
can help, but you still need to read the books you talk about, and you
still need to practice your presentation skills. That means not just
the talk itself, but also how you are going to stand and move and handle
the book and your notes while you are talking. Practice both at the
same time, once you've gotten familiar with your written talk.
But if it is work, it is also a joy and a marvelous high! And it works
as well! Circulation of the titles presented and other titles on the
same subjects and other titles by the same authors will go up, sometimes
an amazing amount!
That's all I can think of at the moment, but if any of you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
JONI
Joni Richards Bodart
Univ of Denver/DPL
ps--Kaite, I'm not the mother of booktalking, I'm the Queen!! <G>!!
FROM: Janelle Holty <[removed]@selco.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 4/12/01, 9:39 AM
Carol Elmore wrote:
> I have had no luck with book discussions at our library and I don't think
> it is me, people just don't come and I have tried day and evening groups.
>
> So, I am thinking of doing booktalks on the local TV station. Has anyone
> done this? How often do you do it? For how long - 30 minutes? 60 minutes?
> How many books do you need to talk about to fill 30 minutes? Will it be
> really labor intensive?
>
> Thanks for the imput!
> Carole Elmore
> Newnan-Coweta Public Library
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: [removed]@ci.mesa.az.us
REC'D: 4/12/01, 4:58 PM
Scottsdale Public Library has a monthly televised booktalk done by two
librarians. Learn more about it on their website.
http://library.ci.scottsdale.az.us/adult/booktalk.htm
Andrea Greenslade
Fiction Specialist/Reference
East Mesa Public Library
635 N. Power Rd
Mesa, AZ 85205
480-644-3860
FAX 480/644-3559
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