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Book review,
Bibliobattle,
Options of the popularization,
Academic research trends,
Promotion potential,
Communication
ABSTRACT
Bibliobattle is a new social book review game which was developed at Kyoto University in Japan from 2007. Currently, Bibliobattle is being diffused among the cultural organizations such as university, library and bookstores and extensively used in the activities by citizens, which is considered to benefiting from its good influences including: searching for good books, sharing information, improving the ability of lecture, enhancing the social communication and so on. In this paper, we first introduce the game rules, minor regulation, organization process and efficiency of Bibliobattle, and then present its development trend in Japan. Lastly, we will propose in China that Bibliobattle can be brought in to improve the management level by groups which are related to books, institutions that focus on improving the ability to use language and cultural activity for the purpose of communication.
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Introduction
Bibliobattle is a social book review game which was developed at Kyoto University in Japan. Presenters bring favorite books to the event and describe the book to the audience for 5 minutes as a Bibliobattler. After the introduction, everyone should choose a most interested book. The most popular book will be elected as the Champion Book of the Day by the audience and presenters. How does Bibliobattle come into being? What is its rules and organizational process? What influence will it make? How does it spread in Japan and how will it do in the future? What does the study about Bibliobattle achieve? By which fields can Bibliobattle be referenced? This paper will discuss on above questions.
1 Profile of Bibliobattle
1.1 The birth of Bibliobattle
From April 2007 to April 2008, Tadahiro Taniguchi, the Associate Professor in Ritsumeikan University, put forward to the form of Bibliobattle when he worked as a special researcher in Symbiotic Systems Laboratory, Department of Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, and Kyoto University. In April 2008, After Tadahiro Taniguchi left Kyoto University for Ritsumeikan University as an Assistant Professor, Symbiotic Systems Laboratory was still stuck to Bibliobattle. Meantime, Bibliobattle has been enlarged to other subjects in Kyoto University. The reading group was carried out in the form of the Bibliobattle...