One of my co-workers wanted to see our name up on this blog. So here are our stats for January. I think we did pretty well, since this was all pulled together 1 week before the New Year. :)
TEAM TOTALS
Books: 70
Pages: 21,836
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Question?
Is there any way to show how many people participated each month. Smaller libraries won't stand a chance against the bigger libraries. Plus, what about each library maybe posting the person with the most books or pages read?
The QuickWitlitniks of Springfield-Greene
Total books read: 150
Total pages read: 45,883
Is that Queen we hear playing in the background?
Total pages read: 45,883
Is that Queen we hear playing in the background?
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Librarian Celebrities - this is how it should be
Changes afoot at UCPL. Our little place is getting some press!
http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/life/article_8ad33115-d9b6-5967-b8fb-dc9e822866a7.html
http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/life/article_8ad33115-d9b6-5967-b8fb-dc9e822866a7.html
Thursday, February 3, 2011
University City Public Library
January Team Totals
Books: 89
Pages: 26,182
Winner for favorite post is Nate for his take on Scott Pilgrim
Books: 89
Pages: 26,182
Winner for favorite post is Nate for his take on Scott Pilgrim
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Marshall Libraries United
January 2011
Team Totals
Books: 55
Pages: 17,267
Time: 136 hours, 57 minutes
(amended on Feb. 3 when I had reason to double-check my figures. Sorry!)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Introducing Team UCPL Captain Annie!
Annie is our sweetest librarian. She is helpful to all and friendly to a fault. Her favorite reads usually include zombies, vampires and serial killers. She is our team captain this year. Last year, recruiting could be difficult for the UCPL Book Challenge. Here is a typical interaction:
Annie has taken a whole new direction when it comes to recruiting. Here’s how it goes now:
I figured people would have a harder time telling her “no” but I didn’t imagine that “no” would never even come up. Annie really knows how to motivate people! I think she will take our team to a whole new level. Also, welcome to the team Andrew. I sure hope you meet the goals Annie set for you.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
So many teams but still room for more
Wow, look at us go! The competitive instinct is alive and well in libraries around the state. As I write this, 11 teams are aggressively blogging for the fame and glory which will inevitably be bestowed on the winners. When we are leg wrestling (or other tie breaking method that you can vote for or suggest in our scoring survey) to break the fated tie at the end of the year, we will be sure to charge admission…money that will be added to the final winnings.
So, are you lurking on the sidelines? Time to join up. How can you miss out on these good times? You can get a team together faster than a flash mob (and how long have I been waiting for an excuse to use “flash mob” in a sentence?). Even the aged among us haven’t forgotten what we have read so far in 2011. Unless, of course, you are too scared of the competition. Are your library employees/coworkers not displaying the mettle needed to be a part of this? Don’t let fear rule your year…follow us into the fray.
So, are you lurking on the sidelines? Time to join up. How can you miss out on these good times? You can get a team together faster than a flash mob (and how long have I been waiting for an excuse to use “flash mob” in a sentence?). Even the aged among us haven’t forgotten what we have read so far in 2011. Unless, of course, you are too scared of the competition. Are your library employees/coworkers not displaying the mettle needed to be a part of this? Don’t let fear rule your year…follow us into the fray.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Next Step
Oh my, the time does fly. Looks like we are ready to start and what a great set of teams we have assembled here. Many have active blogs now and are getting into the groove. Maybe it is time to make up some rules. So far, the only rule is that this contest starts January 1, 2011. The only reading that counts is what you do in 2011, you can’t blog about books you read in High School and get credit for them. I guess that about does it for rules unless you can think of something else.
Now onto our bigger issue: How are we going to figure out who won this thing? We have been thinking about and talking a lot about this subject. We want scoring to be done in such a way that it encourages reading and participation. We want the system to be objective and fair and reflect the values of the ancient Olympic Games or any other top flight event. We examined scoring for a variety of team competitions in real life and what we came up with is…Why on earth should this be OUR responsibility? To that end, please click on the survey and vote for the factors YOU think should be included in scoring.
Click here for survey
One last thing: Every team has at least one person who is an “author” on this blog. We invite any other participants to become authors too. Just send an email to: mobookchallenge@gmail.com to add them. This blog is here to direct people to YOUR blog but we can also use it to keep each other informed of our progress, post a good review, introduce your team, issue team to team challenges, brag, anything you want.
Now onto our bigger issue: How are we going to figure out who won this thing? We have been thinking about and talking a lot about this subject. We want scoring to be done in such a way that it encourages reading and participation. We want the system to be objective and fair and reflect the values of the ancient Olympic Games or any other top flight event. We examined scoring for a variety of team competitions in real life and what we came up with is…Why on earth should this be OUR responsibility? To that end, please click on the survey and vote for the factors YOU think should be included in scoring.
Click here for survey
One last thing: Every team has at least one person who is an “author” on this blog. We invite any other participants to become authors too. Just send an email to: mobookchallenge@gmail.com to add them. This blog is here to direct people to YOUR blog but we can also use it to keep each other informed of our progress, post a good review, introduce your team, issue team to team challenges, brag, anything you want.
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