"Date with a Book" Activity

Can't locate a book? Is the book's location listed as "Display Case?" The book may be part of an Outreach activity. Right now (planning stage), the books are located in front of Melissa's cube on a cart, and during the activity the books will be found on a display across from the circulation desk. 

Lila and Melissa (Outreach Department) are piloting a "Blind Date with a Book" activity (Feb 5-16) where books will be put on temporary display location and will be wrapped in wrapping paper, hiding the cover and name of the book. Students can check out the books based on a short description that will be written on the front. This will be made to look like a Valentine's Day (ish) activity. 

In the planning stages and during the activity, we will have a running list of the book names with a corresponding number that will be written on each book's wrapping paper. The reason for this is, in the case that a student (not connected to this activity) wants to checkout one of the books Lila has pulled for this activity, the location will say "display case" and they will need a staff members help picking which book it is by the corresponding number. All books in this activity can be checked out by anyone at any time, connected to the activity or not. Just take the book and check it out!

We are working out the nuances of keeping track of the books chosen for this activity and communicating properly to circ employees. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions on this. Thank you for your cooperation as we try something new!! 

Here is the start of the list - 

1. How not to die alone (By Richard Roper) PR6118.0643 H69 2019
2. Jefferson's Daughters (By Catherine Kerrison) E332.25.K47 2018

2. The Maid and the Queen, the secret history of joan of arc (By Nancy Goldstone) DC104.G65 2012

3. She Did It, 21 Women who changed the way we think (By Emily Arnold McCully) Curr Col 920 Mcc