If you’ve been a fan of Career Reading Roundtable, you’ll be a fan of the next book up for discussion. The title is Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America by Patrick J. Carr. From Publisher’s Weekly “…with a massive youth exodus from heartland America, small towns face extinction. Thousands of small towns in rural America are being depopulated, or “hollowed out.” Iowa figures into the storyline, where researchers interview 275 graduates of an Iowa high school. Deft and detailed case studies bring the population to life, making a poor prognosis heartrending. While the authors insist that ‘with a plan and a vision’ smalltown America can be revitalized, evidence to the contrary seems overwhelming…”
Career Reading Roundtable (CRR) is an online book discussion group, co-managed by Central and Northwest LSA. We read nonfiction titles in the areas of business, leadership, customer service, and cultural trends, and apply those concepts to library service. Plus, there are nice spinoffs from this program: you can include these titles for local reading groups, booktalk these titles for presentations to Kiwanis or Rotary. Plus you come away with a pretty awesome collection development list!
Speaking of which...in a trendy move, Jet Kofoot with Central LSA has created an Amazon Wish List which stores all the CRR titles suggested, read, or upcoming. Check that out; again, it’s a very good collection development list for nonfiction purchases. And consider joining the next CRR discussion when we talk about Hollowing Out the Middle: Monday Nov29, 9:30AM-11:00AM online in NWILS Adobe Connect classroom. Registration is open in the c.e. catalog.
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