If anyone has any suggestions about this it would be much appreciated.
I'm a volunteer at the local youth centre and today me and one of the workers were tossing around ideas for the summer programme. I admitted that I'd quite like to set up a book group, if anyone was interested, which led to us thinking about setting up our own library in the centre. And, since he's got enough on his plate atm, I've been given the job of working out the practicalities of it all and seeing whether it's do-able.
So, has anyone ever had any experience doing this kind of thing?
One thing I'm thinking of is buying books in bulk. We won't be buying much, and relying a lot on donations, but obviously we can't sit around and wait for people to give us books to give them. Are there any cheap UK-based book sites? I had an idea that charity shops might be useful; an aquantience does a lot of amature shows and relies on a nationwide database of costumes some charity has (can't remember which one tho) so I thought that someone, somewhere might have the same for books?
Is the "write-your-name-down-if-you're-taking-a-book-and-mind-and-bring-it-back-in-two-weeks" system too simplistic? I remember all too well it's dubious success borrowing course books at school, but a better system which doesn't require computers and such eludes me.
And, all importantly, where does one buy those snazzy clear-plastic book covers? |
