{"id":3696,"date":"2018-08-31T17:47:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T17:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/library\/2018\/08\/31\/community-of-readers-by-the-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:34:41","slug":"community-of-readers-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/2018\/08\/31\/community-of-readers-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Community of Readers by the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Chapman&#8217;s summer reading program, Community of Readers (CoR), is eleven years strong and just reached a milestone of 1,550 titles reviewed since its\u00a0initial program kickoff in 2007. Back then, 18 eager\u00a0participants from across campus dove into\u00a090 book\u00a0titles, including some\u00a0from President Emeritus Doti&#8217;s summer reading list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This year&#8217;s\u00a0CoR program reached record heights. Concluding in\u00a0August, CoR 2018 boasted 234 titles reviewed during 93 days of summer reading&#8211;the longest CoR\u00a0duration ever, the most reviewed titles ever,\u00a0and an 85% increase in posted\u00a0reading activity since this time last year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Who Participates in CoR?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Current library account holders with borrowing privileges participate in CoR\u00a0each summer\u00a0by reading books from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9SiF99oK1U0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leatherby Libraries<\/a>\u00a0and posting\u00a0short book\u00a0reviews to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CoR Blog<\/a>. Participants receive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/2018\/05\/18\/read-win-prizes-with-leatherby-libraries-community-of-readers-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prizes<\/a>\u00a0along the way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3705\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image-1024x597.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/cropped-image-768x448.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapman&#8217;s 2018 Community of Readers gather in the Center for American War Letters Archives to share summer reading activity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CoR 2018\u00a0drew\u00a033 participants representing\u00a0a combined total of\u00a018 diverse\u00a0departments and areas of graduate and undergraduate study across campus.\u00a0The second floor Humanities library was the most frequented area of the Leatherby Libraries for CoR participants, followed by the first floor\u00a0popular McNaughton fiction and non-fiction\u00a0collection, and the first floor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/news-and-stories\/2015\/08\/21\/comics-in-the-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graphic Novels<\/a>\u00a0collection. For help finding these and other collections in the Leatherby Libraries, stop by the first floor Reference Desk or feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.chapman.edu\/library\/help\/askmain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask a Librarian<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>CoR\u00a0Hall of Fame<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CoR\u00a0participants may receive prizes for up to 15 reads over the summer, and four of this year&#8217;s participants emerged at the 15-book\u00a0finish line:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/search?q=Cathy+Elliott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cathy Elliott<\/a>\u00a0of the Law Library, English student\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/search?q=Alya+Hijazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alya Hijazi<\/a>, and Leatherby Libraries staff members\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/search?q=Margaret+Puentes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margaret Puentes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/search?q=Catalina+Lopez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalina Lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Catalina was the first to complete (and surpass)\u00a0this year&#8217;s 15-book challenge, penning a\u00a0record total of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/search?q=catalina+lopez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">19 book\u00a0reviews<\/a>;\u00a0her selections\u00a0are featured in the\u00a0infographic below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3698\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-614x1536.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3697\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/08\/CoR-Stats-2-614x1536.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>CoR\u00a0Honorable Mention<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CoR\u00a02018&#8217;s most reviewed\u00a0title was\u00a0<i><a title=\"http:\/\/chapcat.chapman.edu\/record=b9286171~S1 Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link\" href=\"http:\/\/chapcat.chapman.edu\/record=b9286171~S1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women &amp; Power: A Manifesto<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by Mary Beard, and\u00a0most reviewed authors were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16807.Bryan_Lee_O_Malley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan Lee O&#8217;Malley<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1221698.Neil_Gaiman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Gaiman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The CoR version of the infamous\u00a0<i>America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/i>\u00a0red\u00a0X is the &#8220;not recommended&#8221; rating participants may select for\u00a0book reviews. This year&#8217;s program revealed\u00a010 such\u00a0titles,\u00a0each reviewed and rejected by Chapman staff from the\u00a0Leatherby Libraries,\u00a0Facilities, and Schmidt College of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Curious?\u00a0Browse\u00a0these and other materials on the\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/ Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link\" href=\"http:\/\/leatherbycommunity.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CoR blog<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0in\u00a0Chapman&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www1.chapman.edu\/library\/ Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.chapman.edu\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leatherby Libraries\u00a0catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>CoR Content Analysis &amp;\u00a0Data Viz: A 60-Second\u00a0Guide<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Data scientists and graphic designers wield digital tools to illustrate and present information through data visualization,\u00a0the visually engaging representation of information. Why use it?\u00a0Data viz\u00a0&#8220;helps the human eye perceive huge amounts of data in an understandable way&#8221; (Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2013, p. 1).<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The CoR\u00a0infographic for this blog\u00a0post was created using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.canva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canva<\/a>, a free graphic design tool.\u00a0For data analysis, CoR program information and\u00a0reviews were compiled for\u00a0content\u00a0analysis via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/sheets\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Sheets<\/a>, a free spreadsheet tool. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vhQtqp57TnfPMtlDRHOmb9QrYM2-u2heFvuTzyNUfwI\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out the CoR raw data here<\/a>\u00a0for a behind-the-scenes look at the content\u00a0analysis process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For more info on data visualization, skim\u00a0this quick\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libproxy.chapman.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;AuthType=ip,uid&amp;db=ers&amp;AN=90558359&amp;site=eds-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Starter<\/a>\u00a0article available through Chapman&#8217;s Leatherby Libraries\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.chapman.edu\/library\/discover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover!<\/a>\u00a0search interface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CoR Boasts Best Year Yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2569,"featured_media":3705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,18,1],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-events","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-community-of-readers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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