literacy – Access

The truth about English grammar by Geoffrey K Pullum review – the pants rule and other pipe dreams

Education, Information literacyJuly 1, 2024

(1 July 2024) Geoffrey Pullum’s “The Truth About English Grammar” argues against traditional grammar rules, advocating for common usage and criticizing past grammar interpretations. Pullum proposes new classifications and dismisses many established rules as recent inventions by irritable writers. Despite his engaging writing, his dismissal of other grammarians and lexicographers lends a slightly eccentric tone…

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New IFLA Standard: IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18 [revised version 2018]

Information literacy, LibrariesDecember 11, 2018

(10 December 2018) The Committee on Standards is pleased to announce the publication of the IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18, revised version 2018, which was endorsed by the IFLA Professional Committee in August 2018. The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section (C&YA Section) have undertaken this revision of the…

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Singapore-funded programme promotes reading among children

Asia Pacific, LibrariesMarch 30, 2018

(30 March 2018, HCM City) More than 7,000 primary and secondary school students in HCM City are expected to benefit from better access to English and Vietnamese books, online and multimedia facilities, and other library resources by 2020 with the launch of the second phase of the Words on Wheels mobile digital library programme yesterday.…

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Thailand opens 10th Blue Library

Asia Pacific, LibrariesMarch 18, 2018

(16 March 2018) The initiative aims to provide well-equipped libraries in rural areas of Thailand in order to promote child literacy. On Valentine’s Day, Beiersdorf Thailand celebrated a handover ceremony of their 10th Blue Library to Wat Nuea School, located in Ratchaburi province to the west of Bangkok. This school was proposed by one of…

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reaches 100 million book milestone

UncategorizedMarch 2, 2018

(28 February 2018, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.–BUSINESS WIRE) From its infancy in Sevier County, Tennessee, to the largest children’s literacy program in the world, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has introduced millions of children around the globe to the fun of reading. Yesterday, Parton herself enshrined the 100-millionth book distributed in the program’s existence into the Library…

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Library of Congress honors Asia Foundation for promoting literacy

Asia Pacific, eBooks, UncategorizedSeptember 17, 2017

(14 September 2017, Washington, DC) The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program was recently selected as a 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree. At the Library of Congress National Book Festival gala earlier this month, the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the winners of the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy…

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High-tech library services must be expanded nationwide – PNM DG

Asia Pacific, Digitization, Libraries, TechnologySeptember 13, 2017

(13 September 2017, Kuala Lumpur, (Bernama) The high-technology library services must be expanded throughout the country, especially in remote areas to ensure all residents have access to the same information thus generating a knowledgeable and informed society, said National Library of Malaysia (PNM) Director-General Datuk Nafisah Ahmad. She said with today’s development in information technology…

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Pustaka Negeri Sarawak poster presentation @ IFLA 2016 : A slideshow of highlights from around the world

Asia Pacific, Event, LibrariesNovember 2, 2016

(1 November 2016) Pustaka Negeri Sarawak presented a poster titled Sarawak (Malaysia) Family Literacy Program Model: Community Strategies For Promoting Literacy, at the IFLA WLIC 2016 which was held in the Greater Columbus Convention Centre (GCCC), Columbus, Ohio, USA from 13 to 16 August 2016. About 3,200 people from 137 countries visited the Congress. Pustaka…

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City of Palu kicks off Indonesian Literacy Fest

Asia Pacific, UncategorizedOctober 19, 2016

(16 October 2016, Jakarta) Hundreds of activists and members from Taman Bacaan Masyarakat gathered in Palu, the capital city of Central Sulawesi, for the kick off event of the Indonesian Literacy Festival on October 18-20. The event has been organized to commemorate the International Literacy Day, which is recognized by Unesco and falls annually on September 8. Formerly…

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cilip selects Top 6 library and information stories from September 2016

(27 September 2016) cilip has collected some of the interesting, contentious and important library and information stories that were discussed around the world this September. They include data and the role of librarians; and copyright and hyperlinks. Click here to see all six with comments and links.

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