[Publib] books for a citywide reads program

[Theyer, Hillary]

Hello PubLib,

 

For those who have organized a "one city one book" or "citywide read" type
program, where the goal is for your entire community reads a single book and
then attend programs, discussions, and the like, how do you decide how many
copies of the book to provide?

 

If you are giving the book away at various locations (at the coffee house,
at City Hall) and don't expect the books back do you buy more?

 

If you are providing library copies for checkout, and want enough so that
nobody has to wait, but do want the books back, do you buy fewer?

 

Do you do both?

 

Is there a ratio of a certain number of residents means a certain number of
available books?

 

Do you base the book purchase on library users rather than population as a
whole?

 

How did you determine how many books to buy, and what did you discover?

 

Thanks,

Hillary Theyer

Torrance Public Library (CA)

 

 

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