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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:

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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.

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New Literacy and Reading Section newsletter out

Robert J. Sarjant — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:49:17 +0200

June's Literacy and Reading Section newsletter is now out and available here.

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Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: Guidelines for librarians

Lesley Farmer and Ivanka Stricevic — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:03:45 +0200

Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: Guidelines for librarians is a new IFLA professional report. The publication focuses on the importance of wisely consuming, conducting and applying research by librarians and their partners in order to promote literacy and reading in libraries. It is available to download or order as a hard copy from here.

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Reading links between generations: towards a more cohesive society - postponed until September

Robert J. Sarjant — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:01:29 +0100

This conference has now been postponed until September 21-23 due to the ongoing events in Tunisia and neighbouring countries. Please click here to see the original announcement.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Beyond the United Nations Decade of Literacy: What Libraries Can Do

Robert J. Sarjant — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:48:24 +0200

Please click here to go to the the call for papers on the official World Library and Information Congress site.

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Call for papers - Reading links between generations: towards a more cohesive society

Robert J. Sarjant — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:41:03 +0200

This has now been postponed until September 21-23 due to the ongoing events in Tunisia and neighbouring countries.

Call for Papers

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June 2010 Newsletter now out

IFLA — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:40:43 +0200

The June 2010 newsletter from the Section on Literacy and Reading is now out.

Download it here.

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Literacy and Reading Section Newsletter now out

Robert J. Sarjant — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:28:03 +0200

The July 2009 Literacy and Reading Section newsletter is now out with features on the national framwork for reading and public libraries in Norway, turning pages in Ethiopia, multicultural literacy in India and much more, as well as information on the section's activities at the forthcoming conference in Milan and pre-conference, Raising a Nation of Readers, in Rome.

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