{"id":43838,"date":"2019-02-15T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43838"},"modified":"2019-02-15T08:59:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T14:59:02","slug":"blind-date-with-a-book-brings-the-library-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43838","title":{"rendered":"Blind Date with a Book brings the library to students"},"content":{"rendered":"

STORY BY CORIE LYNN<\/span><\/p>\n

While people passed out candy and cards on Valentine\u2019s Day, the staff of Forsyth Library had a different gift in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kylie McCarthy and Brittney Squire of Forsyth\u2019s Outreach Services set up a table on February 14th for an event called Blind Date with a Book.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe picked out twenty books from the library, we wrapped them up, and put little descriptions on them or pictures,\u201d said McCarthy, who is a Student Outreach Assistant at Forsyth.<\/span><\/p>\n

These books, completely covered in brown paper, were displayed on the table in the Memorial Union. Across the paper, the staff wrote short descriptions of each plot using phrases such as \u201cwar stories,\u201d \u201cmastermind,\u201d and \u201csurvival.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many of these descriptions did not depict the love stories one would expect to find on Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a few romantic [books], a lot of mystery, murder, adventure, fantasy,\u201d McCarthy said, \u201cWe wanted to stay clear of really all romantic since it\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One student, Olivia, enjoyed how uni<\/span> que the concept of Blind Date with a Book was.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cI just thought it was pretty cool, actually. The blind date, I thought, actually, it was maybe like an actual date, but then I was like, this is kind of different,\u201d said Olivia, \u201cYou see the books are literally wrapped; you don\u2019t know what\u2019s in them, so that\u2019s pretty cool. I just liked this one, the book that I picked because it was a murdering one. [The description said] \u2018Don\u2019t fall asleep on this murder novel,\u2019 and I love murder mysteries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the staff of Forsyth wanted to provide students with a good book, the goal of the outreach program, according to Brittney Squire who is the Outreach Services Specialist, was to use Blind Date with a Book to bring the library to students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReally we were just looking to find more ways to get out of the library to talk with students and get some of the materials out there for them. We just thought that this would be a great way to be where students are and then to provide them with a way to interact with the library materials not in the library,\u201d Squire said.<\/span><\/p>\n

This goal was met as numerous students stopped in the Union to pick up their next read and become better acquainted with what Forsyth Library has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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