Human Library Event

What is the role of the reader in a Human Library?  The reader is a person willing to face his/her own stereotypes by spending time with a human book.  Readers may choose book topics that present life experiences different from their own and about which they may have formed opinions.  Readers are willing to listen to the books, ask questions in a respectful manner, and deepen their own understanding of the life experiences of others.  Readers understand that books may not want to share very personal aspects of their stories and do not persist with questions that the books decline to answer.  Readers understand that they may not share the same values, ideas, and beliefs of the book, but they are willing to listen without condemning or trying to change the book.    

The Book and the Reader should keep track of the time so as not to exceed the maximum period for checking out a book.  Another borrower may be waiting.