Join IFLA Public Libraries and Literacy Reading Sections for our Reflecting Back and Tinking Forward Mid-term Seminar from 12-14 April 2021. We look at how public libraries have responded to COVID and how the lessons learnt will impact the future. We will also explore some of the great initiatives around […]
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Undeniably, COVID-19 has profoundly changed life as we know it. The global pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on the way we live, work, and play, and everyone, including libraries, has had to adjust to a “new normal” at an alarming pace. In Singapore, the Circuit Breaker was implemented in April to […]
Read full post…Bookstart Sweden If you are going to do something to reduce differences in living conditions and health – read to your children! (Sir Michael Marmot epidemiologist and public health researcher at the conference Make Gothenburg Equal 2014) The words of Sir Michael Marmot, summarize the vital importance of giving children […]
Read full post…IFLA has recently published the IFLA Toolkit for Library Engagement in Literacy and Reading Strategies to help library associations, institutions and individual library and information workers to advocate for libraries’ role in literacy and reading in relevant government strategy documents. In Victoria, Australia a collaboration between State Library of Victoria […]
Read full post…By Guest Blogger, Eric Boekesteijn Score a book! is a reading project for primary school pupils aged 8-10. Encouraged by players from Dutch professional teams, the children read as many books as they can during a period. A formula that catches on. ‘Jolanda, come see this!’ It is Saturday morning and […]
Read full post…Authors: Carla Canongia and Marta Puig ( Xarxa de Biblioteques Municipals. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bibliotequesXBM/ Twitter: @bibliotequesxbm Wide open: Read and read is a new resource designed to facilitate the work with young people from 12 to 16 years through picture books; a universe where art, literature and philosophy go hand […]
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