Comments on: What is the Point of Reading? http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/09/what-is-the-point-of-reading/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/09/what-is-the-point-of-reading/#comment-1110 Brian Herzog Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:37:49 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=718#comment-1110 @laura: hopefully we could have both – actually, I’m sure the individual reader will always win out.

@Teresa: That’s nice to hear. Do you have any ideas on reconciling social reading with the kids who just want to read and be left alone?

]]> By: Teresa Raines http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/09/what-is-the-point-of-reading/#comment-1109 Teresa Raines Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:48:49 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=718#comment-1109 I work in a library at an elementary school. I’m also in library school. Our school emphasizes reading in a social setting, through Readers Workshop. I emphasize reading in the library as social fun. Learning the language of books through discussion and book talks is a vital part of academics today. Glad to see you asking these important questions.

]]> By: laura http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/09/what-is-the-point-of-reading/#comment-1108 laura Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:01:48 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=718#comment-1108 I think you’re right about the social part of reading, but I also hope that reading as a solitary and private delight never disappears. I sometimes wonder if, in our rush to make everything relevant and appealing and, well, social, we are forgetting the sort of solitary, bookish people (I was and am one) for whom libraries have always been a refuge.

So yay socializing over books during summer reading, but also yay to that kid in the corner whose greatest desire is just to read and be left alone.

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