{"id":32,"date":"2012-11-29T16:47:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=32"},"modified":"2013-10-09T10:27:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T10:27:01","slug":"desert-island-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2012\/11\/29\/desert-island-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Island Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What would yours be?<\/p><\/div>\n

Something a little interactive \u00a0for this week’s post:<\/p>\n

Last week, a student volunteer found a little booklet amongst a pile of\u00a0miscellaneous library publications he was cataloguing, that sparked an interesting conversation in the archive about our favourite books. \u00a0Inspired by the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, the booklet “If you could only take one? a Desert Island Book Choice” \u00a0published by the University of Sussex Library in 1982 presents books that 24 members of the University would take with them to a desert island – if they could take only one. \u00a0Choices range from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte to The Times Atlas of the World (the most practical choice!). \u00a0The publication was derived from an exhibition held in the Library where visitors were invited to offer their own choice and commentary. \u00a0I now invite you to do the same in a kind of 21st Century equivalent! \u00a0Jungle book, Catcher in the Rye, Nineteen Eighty Four; these are some of Special Collection’s staff choices. \u00a0Would you stick with a classic as we have, \u00a0or would you rather a modern novel? \u00a0There must be a few Harry Potter fans out there! \u00a0The President of the Students Union in 1982 – Dave Hellens, said that “an Island book choice would need to be re-readable , substantial in content, and continually absorbing”. \u00a0Heed his advice well and leave your choice in the comments.<\/p>\n

Until next time….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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