On The Same Page is an annual community reading event hosted by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Mission

To enhance our sense of community through a shared reading event which encompasses all of Hamilton County.

Program Goals

• Promote reading as an enjoyable activity
• Facilitate community dialogue

Description

In an effort to foster a sense of community through reading, area organizations joined in partnership in 2002 to establish On The Same Page, a citywide reading project. This project was modeled after the first organized community reading event, which was held in Seattle in 1997. The Library of Congress maintains a state-by-state list of past and current “one book” reading projects.

2007 Project Team

• Keith Kuhn, LSO Sponsor
• Susanne Wells, Collection Development, Project Coordinator
• Laura Dell, Programming Coordinator
• Megan Brandmeier, Madeira Branch
• Carrie Conlin, Fiction & Young Adults Department
• Faith Daughtry, Information Services Department
• Frank Dugan, Corryville Branch
• Denise Miller, Science & Technology Department
• Karen Nault, Outreach Services Department
• Elizabeth Weigand, Delhi Township Branch

Joining the project team for the initial title selection process:

• Micheal Fraser, JosephBeth Booksellers
• Aiesha Little, Cincinnati magazine
• Vicki Newell, Fiction & Young Adults Department

Adult titles selected in previous years:

• 2002 – A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
• 2003 – Savage Inequality by Jonathan Kozol
• 2004 – Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips
• 2005 – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• 2006 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Teen title selection team

• Paula Brehm-Heeger, Teen Services Coordinator
• Teen advisory board members and their library branches:
  • Lindsay R., Groesbeck Branch
  • Shelly J., Symmes Township Branch
  • Lauren F., Greenshills Branch
  • Katie S., Hyde Park Branch
  • Abby N., Madeira Branch

Teen titles selected in previous years

• 2003 – Marika by Andrea Cheng
• 2004 – Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
• 2005 – Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• 2006 – Bird by Angela Johnson