Event] Report on the 2nd Hosei Book Lab

Hosei University Library held the 2nd Hosei Book Lab, a community connected by books, as follows.

Details

Book for the project
Ichiro Kishimi (Author), Fumiken Koga (Author), "The Courage to Be Disliked: The Teachings of Adler, the Origin of Self-help" (Japanese only)

Online Community Period
October 4 (Mon.) - October 25 (Mon.) *This is a limited time community.

Number of participants
Faculty of Law 4th year (1) / Faculty of Letters 1st year (1) / Faculty of Literature 2nd year (1) / Faculty of Business Administration 1st year (2) / Faculty of Business Administration 3rd year (1) / Faculty of Business Administration 4th year (1) / Faculty of Engineering and Design 4th year (1) / Faculty of Science and Engineering 1st year (1) / Faculty of Economics 2nd year (1) / Faculty of Economics 3rd year (2) 3rd year of Social Sciences (1 student) / 3rd year of Faculty of Social Policy and Administration (1 student)

　 Total 15 people

Contents
Team Building Meeting: October 4 (Mon.) 17:00-18:00
Content: Lecture by a librarian on various reading methods, self-introductions, and ice-breaking.

Content: Lecture by librarian on various reading methods, self-introductions, and ice-breaking .
In addition to a lively exchange of opinions about assigned books and book recommendations, the 15 participants were divided into teams of 5 people each and a team marathon was held.
The team of five that read a total of 25 books during the three-week period was the winner and was awarded prizes.

Reading Session ：October 25 (Monday), 17:00-18:00
Description: A reading session was held on what participants thought and noticed throughout the entire event.

Through active dialogue among participants, the following opinions were expressed.
I gained courage to choose the best path I believe in, rather than choosing to be liked by others.
I had a self-centered view of "the courage to be disliked," meaning that all I needed was to be good enough for myself, but I gained an awareness of the importance of being a part of the community and contributing to others.

The results of the "Hosei Book Lab" results

As a result of the survey, there were About93 % of students have changed their attitudes toward reading The number of respondents who participated in this community was 15 in total.

The reasons for the change in attitudes toward reading are as follows.
・ "I had an impression that reading was 'tiring' and 'boring,' but now I can read in my spare time, and I can make the most of the gaps in my life, such as when I am on the train!
I now know the benefits of reading.
I had an image that reading is something to be enjoyed alone, but through this event, I realized how fun it is to share opinions and impressions about books with others.

The students who participated, answered that they read an average of three or more books, more than they usually read in a month.

Comments from participants
The Hosei Book Lab system, which provides a set of assigned books, reading methods, and a place for output (slack/zoom), received 21% of the participants very satisfied and 79% satisfied, for an overall 100% participant satisfaction rate.
The following comments indicated that they would like to participate again.

I would like to participate in an environment like the Hosei Book Lab because there are not many places around me where I can output what I have read.
I wanted to participate in an environment like the Hosei Book Lab because there are not many places around me where I can output what I have read.
I have more opportunities to read books than usual, and I was able to consciously set aside time to interact with books, which made my time here very fulfilling.

This was a very popular event, and the number of openings filled up within 3 hours of the announcement.
Hosei University Library plans to hold more fun events in the future, so please join us.

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