Eh, just throwing things together, mostly. We started with 60 and have been adding on in dribs and drabs over time with "waves" of new titles. Some are requests from patrons, some in coordination with school classes. It's all subjective, just as any other canon is.
Thought you'd like the initiative we're pursuing for incentivizing the reading of classics - Classics Buttons! https://www.relib.net/content/classics-buttons
We've given over 1400 of them out in three years - and we're a small rural system!
That's a remarkable program! How did you come up with your canon?
Eh, just throwing things together, mostly. We started with 60 and have been adding on in dribs and drabs over time with "waves" of new titles. Some are requests from patrons, some in coordination with school classes. It's all subjective, just as any other canon is.
Shame there's no Winesburg, Ohio!