Monthly Archive for July, 2015

Librarians on (motor) bikes

21 July 2015 – richards

This year Biblio Turismo is celebrating its tenth year in 2015. Biblio Turismo is where a group of Australian librarians travel to rural public libraries spreading the word of literature and children’s books and novels. Most travel by motorbike. This year they will  leave from Campbelltown Public Library on 24 […]

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The Value of Public Libraries in Barcelona

21 July 2015 – richards

Barcelona Province Municipal Libraries Network is pleased to introduce The value of public libraries in society: the case of the Municipal Library Network showing the ability of libraries to generate benefits both individuals and the communities where they are located. For its development has received the support of a team of […]

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Cooking for Copyright Day

9 July 2015 – richards

FAIR (the campaign for Freedom of Access to Information and Resources) has announced Cooking for Copyright Day on Friday 31 July, using classic Aussie recipes for lamingtons, pavlovas, canteen biscuits and soldier cake tins to drive the copyright reform agenda. The campaign focuses on the fact that in Australia copyright […]

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Five libraries nominated for the award as the world’s best public library

4 July 2015 – richards

Five libraries are competing to win “Systematic – Public Library of the Year Award 2015”. The award was established by the Danish Agency for Culture and was sponsored this year by the IT company Systematic with a US $5,000 donation. Libraries from New Zealand, Sweden, Australia, Kenya and Spain, respectively, […]

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