Literacy and Reading Section

Call for Proposals: Libraries for Literacy: Linking generations, Empowering communities

Robert J. Sarjant — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:30:24 +0100

The Literacy and Reading Section is in the process of planning for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Helsinki, Finland from August 11-17, 2012.

Theme: Libraries for Literacy: Linking generations, Empowering communities
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Report on the Symposium "Reading is a link between generations: Toward a more interdependent society", Tunisia, 21-23 September

Robert J. Sarjant — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:21:37 +0200

A short report on the recent successful symposium, "Reading is a link between generations: Toward a more interdependent society", which took place in Tunisia, 21-23 September 2011 is now available.

Attended by 110 participants from 12 countries, an improtant declaration and strategy for social cohesion was made during the symposium which you can view below:

Literacy and Reading Section

Using Research to Promote Literacy and Reading in Libraries

Robert J. Sarjant — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:44:13 +0200

A short introductory brochure is now available Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries (brochure). This complements the earlier and fuller guidelines for librarians. The full guidelines are available to download or purchase as a hard copy here.