(23 April 2015) Dolly Parton’s global book gifting organization, Imagination Library, is celebrating 20 years and over 66 million free books mailed to children in USA, UK, Canada and Australia. PRWeb has the story. Visit the Imagination Library website.
(17 April 2015) One of the world’s great rare book collections has been donated to the State Library of Victoria, Australia. Valued at over $5 million, the collection encompasses more than 5,000 volumes from the 15th to 18th century, including political, religious, philosophical and literary works. The collection was amassed over 40 years by the…
(12 April 2015) Telecom major Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) has donated two million Baht [USD 66,000] towards the library modernization campaign of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. CEO of AIS Mr. Somchai Lertsutiwong handed over the cheque to AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai in a ceremony organized at the Intouch Towers on…
(10 April 2015) In the past few months, the National Library Board of Singapore, the Library Association of Singapore, the National Library of Myanmar and the Library Association of Myanmar have been working together to bring 50,000 used library books from Singapore libraries to libraries in Myanmar. 40,000 of these books were presented to the…
(January 2015) United Technologies recently donated the 300th student library in partnership with the international nonprofit The Library Project. This marks a new milestone for the UTC China Library Project since its inception in 2011. “UTC is a company with a rich legacy of innovation and commitment to make things better,” said Liping Xie, President,…
(27 March 2015) Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) inaugurated its first library in India’s Telangana State in partnership with Room to Read, an NGO committed to promoting literacy and gender equality in education across Asia and Africa by providing libraries in schools. The library was inaugurated at Government Primary School in Akaram village in Nalgonda…
(20 March 2015) The Library Modernization Fundraising Campaign this week broke the 40 million baht barrier as major donations from the Na Lamphun family, Amata Corporation, alumna Ms. Loh Ai Lee, and SEAFCO Plc., pushed the campaign total to over 80% of its goal of 50 million baht. The Na Lamphun family, who are all…
(10 March 2015, Bangkok) Students at Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School raised Baht 420,000 to support various community groups, including the Neilson Hays Library, Ban Kru Noi, Camillian Home, Bring the Elephant Home, and UNICEF during the school’s annual Readathon event held recently. The Neilson Hayes Library was opened in 1922. Then as now…
(March 2015) When the ferocious waters of the 2011 flood struck the library of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand in November 2011, no one could have imagined the extent of loss suffered to its prestigious library. The entire ground floor of the library was inundated, with precious books and theses lost forever.…
(6 March 2015) Mr. Charoen Jatusaril, an alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), made a formal donation of 1 million Thai Baht towards the AIT Library Modernization Campaign. Handing over a cheque to the AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai on 2 March 2015, Mr. Charoen expressed his desire to help and support his…
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