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Jefferson County, Alabama, United States

The Jefferson County Public Library Association (JCPLA) was founded in 1974 for the improvement of librarianship and for the advancement of public libraries in Jefferson County. The public libraries of Jefferson County form our cooperative system, the Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC). Membership in JCPLA provides an organizational structure for staff training countywide.

The Reader's Advisory Roundtable is open to all library workers in the JCLC Community. If you love reader's advisory, need help honing your skills, or are looking for new tools/ideas, please consider joining us. JCPLA and the Roundtables are a great way to share resources, connect with other libraries in the county, network with your colleagues, or just take a break from the daily grind and get some fresh perspective!

Questions? Send an email to jclcraroundtable [at] gmail [dot] com

Join JCPLA!

JCPLA is the local professional organization for libraries in Jefferson County, AL. Membership is $5 and is only open to those employed by a public library in Jefferson County. JCPLA manages the local Round Tables for professional connection and development in different areas of librarianship, and organizes workshops and professional development conferences annually. Click here for a membership application!

Thursday, February 24, 2022

JCLC Book Groups

 

Need help getting started with a book group? Leave a comment here or send an email to hwesley@oneallibrary.org.

The Hoover Library has discontinued their Book Club Kits, but are recommending that book groups choose books that already have a lot of copies in JCLC.  Whenever possible, assist your local clubs with placing multiple books on hold (but encourage book club members to reserve their own copies) as well as assisting with finding discussion questions and author bios. Good options are bestsellers that are already a year or two old so there are still lots of copies around but not a huge demand. Keep in mind that working with local book groups can be a great reader's advisory outreach opportunity!   

The Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery also circulates 140 book club kits that are available to public libraries throughout the state.  The checkout period is three months. Click here to search the catalog of titles.

For a broad survey of book group activity nationwide, check out the American Library Association’s Book Discussion Groups guide: https://libguides.ala.org/bookdiscussiongroups  

Bookgroups in the public libraries of Jefferson County:

BESSEMER

Page Turners Book Club meets via conference call on 3rd Tuesdays at 11am. Deidre P. Sims (205-428-7882 or deidre.sims@bessemerlibrary.org) www.bessemerlibrary.org/adultservices

BOTANICAL GARDENS

Thyme to Read explores gardening, nature, food, the environment, horticulture, botany, plants, and pretty much anything that is outside.  They meet 1st Thursdays each month at 6pm, currently on Zoom. Hope Long (hlong@bbgardens.org or 205-588-4593) https://bbgardens.org/library.php#Thyme

CENTER POINT

As the Page Turns meets via Zoom the last Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Cara Wilhelm (cara.wilhelm@centerpointlibrary.org)

HOMEWOOD

Better Than Therapy Book Club meets the last Wednesday of each month at 2pm in-person in the Library Boardroom (or on Zoom). Leslie West (205-332-6620 or leslie.west@homewoodpubliclibrary.org) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups

Homewood Senior Center Book Club meets at the Homewood Senior Center 3rd Thursdays each month (or on Zoom). Leslie West (205-332-6620 or leslie.west@homewoodpubliclibrary.org) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups

Oxmoor Page Turners Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 6:30pm in the Library Boardroom and Zoom. Judith Wright (205-332-6622 or judith.wright@homewoodpubliclibrary.org) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups

Social Justice Book Club meets 2nd Thursdays each month at 6:30pm in the Library Boardroom (or Zoom). Elizabeth Vander Kamp (superpowerlistening@gmail.com) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups

HOOVER

Insatiable Readers explores nonfiction titles based on a different theme each month with no reading required before the meeting.  They meet one Saturday each month at 10:30am.  Pam Bainter (205-444-7840 or pam.bainter@hooverlibrary.org) www.hooverlibrary.org/book-groups/insatiable

NovelTea meets one Sunday afternoon each month at 3pm. Tea and cookies provided and there are frequent author interviews. Amy Harrell (amy.harrell@hooverlibrary.org) or Lea Davis (lea.davis@hooverlibrary.org)

True Crime Book Club engages armchair detectives and those fascinated by cold cases.  They meet the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the Allen Board Room.  Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and Zoom). Carrie Steinmehl (carrie.steinmehl@hooverlibrary.org)

HUEYTOWN

Hueytown Public Library Book Club meets at 2pm on the last Thursday of each month, January through October, and the 3rd Thursday of November.  December's meeting is a holiday luncheon. Sue Hodges (sue.hodges@hueytownlibrary.org)

O'NEAL (MOUNTAIN BROOK)

Bookies Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 10am in the Meeting Room (Zoom available upon request). Katie Moellering (205-445-1118 or kmoellering@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs

Books & Beyond allows members to read, listen to, or watch the media of their choice within a given topic and then discuss their selections with other participants. They meet the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm.  Meetings are hybrid (in-person and Zoom).  Holley Wesley (205-445-1117 or hwesley@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs

Great Short Stories meets 2nd Mondays at 6:30pm in the Conference Room.  Meetings are hybrid (in-person and Zoom).  Holley Wesley (205-445-1117 or hwesley@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs

Lost & Found: 20th Century Classics meets the last Thursday of each month at 6:30pm on the 2nd floor.  Gregory Lowry (205-445-1147 or glowry@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs This group is on hiatus for several months.

SPRINGVILLE ROAD

Beyond Your Ordinary Book Club (BYOB) allows members to read, listen to, or watch the media of their choice within a given topic and then discuss their selections with other participants.  They meet 3rd Tuesdays at 2pm.  Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and Zoom). Samuel Rumore (205-226-4083 or samuel.rumore@cobpl.org)

Fiction Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 2pm.  Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and Zoom). Laura Gentry (205-226-4083 or laura.gentry@cobpl.org)

TRUSSVILLE

The Adult Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 2PM in the library. We will read a variety of selections, both fiction and nonfiction. For more details, contact the Adult Dept (205-655-2022 or tr.adult@jclc.org) or visit our website https://www.trussvillelibrary.com/adult-2/
Books & Brews is an evening adult book club from the Trussville Public Library! Share your thoughts about this month's book while enjoying delicious food and drinks at Ferus Artisan Ales in Trussville. We will meet each month on the second Monday of the month at 7:15 PM in the event room at Ferus. For more details, contact the Adult Dept (205-655-2022 or tr.adult@jclc.org) or visit our website https://www.trussvillelibrary.com/adult-2/.

VESTAVIA LIBRARY IN THE FOREST

More Than Words offers refreshments, lively discussion, and more! They meet 3rd Thursdays at 11:30am in the Library Tree House. Holly Parker (205-978-4678 or holly.parker@vestavialibrary.org) www.vestavialibrary.org/adults or Facebook

Read & Feed meets on Zoom 1st Thursdays at 6pm. Terri Leslie (205-978-4678 or terri.leslie@vestavialibrary.org)

WYLAM

Wylam Book Club discusses novels 3rd Wednesdays each month at 11am. Selina Johnson (205-785-0349 or selina.johnson@cobpl.org)

 

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