For full list of winners, and the complete history of the Chesley
Challenge read more . . .
History:
When CBC Radio announced the Canada Reads initiative
in 2002, the Chesley Area Friends of the Library issued a challenge. The Challenge went
out to all libraries and Friends of Library groups across Canada. The
challenge? To have as many people in their community read the book chosen by
the Canada Reads panel as THE book for all of Canada to read. Danni
Starbuck of the Chesley Friends has renewed the challenge for 2008!
Libraries and Friends groups across Canada accepted the Chesley
Challenge.
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2002.htm
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2003.htm
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2004.htm
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2005.htm
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2006.htm
http://www.friendsoflibraries.ca/canadareads2007.htm
The Chesley Challenge/Canada Reads ‘Challenge Rules’
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The Challenge sign up sheet or some variation of it must be used to record signatures of residents who have read
the book.
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Circulation statistics for the book are not eligible for
counting readers of the book. [Stats show that a book has been borrowed or
renewed but not that it has been read.]
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Faxed signatures count.
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Anyone who has read the book may sign the Challenge sheet. They may
have read the book at any time since it was published.
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Readers of the book do not have to borrow the book from a library;
they may use private copies to read and so add their name to the count.
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The Challenge ends May 31, 2008.
How to Register your Library:
Register now, and submit
your numbers by Friday May 31, 2008.
Send your Library Name, address, a contact name, email address, telephone
number and your community’s population to
focal@accessola.com
How is the Winner Selected?
The winner is selected based on the percentage of the population of the
library’s community registered as having read the book. The largest
percentage of the population recorded is the winner. Note, it is not the
greatest number of readers of the book in any one community but the
percentage of the population.
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