Monthly Archive for November, 2013

IFLA 2014 Congress Section Call for Proposals

WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 80th IFLA General Conference and Council: Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge Lyon, France, August 16 – 22, 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Programme: Literacy, community and responsibility The IFLA Literacy and Reading Section is seeking proposals for a programme to be held at the IFLA […]

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Pleasure Reading Survey

The National Reading Campaign recently commissioned a study by Environics Research Group to gather benchmark data about the pleasure reading habits of Canadians. Based on a nationally representative sample of 1,001 Canadians, the survey results revealed a population of passionate readers still very engaged with traditional reading platforms, and a […]

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Library of Congress Literacy Awards Event

The Library of Congress: imposing any day as it faces the Capitol. But especially impressive on November 4, 2013, when I entered its Jefferson Building to celebrate the literacy awards being recognized that day. 2013 is a special year for several reasons, but in particular, it is the year that […]

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international copyright issues

Ahead of the plenary meeting of Licences for Europe that will be held this afternoon in Brussels, EBLIDA calls on the European Commission to open in-depth discussions on copyright reform as the Licences for Europe process fails to address key concerns of libraries and their users. Please find the full […]

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UK literacy survey

The UK National Literacy Trust’s 2012 report:  Children’s and Young People’s Reading Today.  Findings from the 2011 National Literacy is available at http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0001/4543/Young_people_s_reading_FINAL_REPORT.pdf Also, by filling in the form on the attached link http://www.renlearn.co.uk/accelerated-reader-and-young-peoples-reading-report/  you can receive a copy of the UK National Literacy Trust’s 2012 annual literacy survey on reading enjoyment, reading […]

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