Companion to the exhibition “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain”, KU Leuven University Library, 28 October 2022 - 15 January 2023 With more than 3,000 titles in almost 14,000 volumes, ...the 1920s Japanese book donation to the University of Leuven/Louvain constitutes an invaluable time capsule of Japan’s pre-modern culture in all its diversity and richness. A century on, the time is right to take a new look at its contents, as well as its history and the political, social and cultural context surrounding the donation. To commemorate its centenary, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) have joined forces to set up a special exhibition under the title “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain. Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s” (October 2022–January 2023), at the University Library of KU Leuven. The present book has been compiled for the occasion of the exhibition, to serve as a durable guide to the magnificent book donation and its historical background, and as a reference for further research in the future. In five essays by historians of politics, media, culture, and arts of Japan, it offers a richly illustrated overview of the history of the donation and its wider historical context, providing illuminating insights into the vibrant 1920s in Japan, its politics, society, and popular culture. The reader is further invited to explore a sample of 65 remarkable and rare items from the donation, which were carefully selected for inclusion in the exhibition and are provided here with a detailed description. Moreover, the reader is introduced to 41 representative items, including visually captivating commercial and political posters related to Japan’s modernity in the 1920s, which represent mass culture, progress, and tensions, and highlight both imperial ambitions and a willingness to contribute to international cooperation.
Presents her diary of a weeklong trip to Honiara under the aegis of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), reviewing the city's public library services and arranging for the shipment of ...8,000 books. Discusses some of the difficulties, rewards and hilarious moments of providing aid in the Third World. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Looks at how book token donations by life insurance provider Asteron Life has assisted school libraries at Corinna School in Porirua East, Huntly College, and Wharenui School in Riccarton. Notes ...favourite New Zealand books at each school. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Features The Good Lawyer, a project founded in 2016 by criminal lawyers Emma Priest and Susan Gray to encourage lawyers to donate clothing and books that will help clients, both in court and if they ...go to prison. Speaks to the pair about the initiative, the positive psychological impact it can have on defendants and on courtroom perception, and about their two earlier and similar projects, Shirt on Your Back and The Good Book Project. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Despite the UNESCO declaration of literacy and access to primary education as a fundamental human right, many developing countries still face low literacy levels, limited access to reading material ...and poor reading culture. This can arguably be used to explain why children from developing countries are (according to large-scale studies such as Progress in International Reading Competency Study) performing below the expected standard compared to those from developed countries. While the low literacy levels are not solely attributed to limited access to reading material, the researchers argue that exploring the positive impacts of book donation will, in one way or the other, subvert the issue around low reading competency levels, and advance multilingualism as well as curriculum decolonization. This paper, therefore, discusses how decolonialism, reading and multilingualism are concurrently developed and realized through book donation. Using the decolonial thought theory as a lens, a qualitative design and case study approach were followed to explore how teachers used donated books to foster decolonization and advance reading as well as multilingualism in their classrooms. Three teachers from one rural primary school participated in the semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed thematically. The findings revealed that the donated books written by university students empowered teachers to decolonize lesson presentations. In addition, the study found that the different languages in which the donated books were written promoted multilingualism. Finally, teachers reported learners’ interest in reading the donated books written by university students. This study concluded that it is important to evaluate the practice of book donation considering the current debates around decolonization, low reading competencies and multilingualism. Keywords: Book Donation; Decolonization, Primary Schools, Rural, Multilingualism
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Purpose
This paper aims to disseminate the lessons learned from the African Library Project (ALP), which has worked in collaboration with more than 1,500 partners to stock 3,762 community and school ...libraries in 13 African countries with more than 3,883,082 books. Hopefully, these lessons will help other decision-makers and practitioners in different contexts.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on the authors’ implementation experience and secondary data the project has collected since its commencement.
Findings
The paper identified the following best practices that other organizations can adopt to enhance or establish additional school and community libraries: the application and book-receiving process, using collaboration, partnerships and volunteerism to mobilize resources are just a few best practices that have been highlighted. Use of student and teacher librarians in the absence of professional librarians, as well as materials and forums for increasing capacity among teachers and community librarians.
Practical implications
Other stakeholders in developing countries can replicate the ALP best practices to set up and run school and community libraries.
Originality/value
Although many individuals and organizations are involved in promoting literacy activities, no particular framework guides the process. This paper summarizes ALP best practices that can inform a framework that can guide the practice.
Implement Android Application For Book Donation Singh, Arushi; Sharma, Shilpi
2020 International Conference on Intelligent Engineering and Management (ICIEM),
2020-June
Conference Proceeding
Books are the fountain of knowledge and access to them is something that is often taken for granted. The truth however is that many people have books lying around the house that they don't need any ...more that could be useful to someone who is in dire need of it. Android is one of the most widely used mobile application operating systems in the world due to the support it offers to both user and developer: its ease of use and development. This paper proposes a simple mobile based application to connect people who are interested in donating their books to those who might be in need. This application has been named `Bridge' keeping in mind that it will connect the needy and the donors and enable them to get the books that they require from people that are done using them.
U radu se kroz formalnu i sadržajnu analizu predstavlja legat Nine Glaser, profesorice francuske književnosti na Sveučilištu u Ženevi, darovan 1998. godine Odsjeku za romanistiku Filozofskog ...fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Riječ je o iznimno bogatoj i vrijednoj donaciji koja je snažno utjecala na politiku Odsjeka: u proteklim je godinama potaknula pokretanje novih kolegija, ali i interes za različita stručna i znanstvena područja. Tekst donosi komprimiran historijat Odsjeka za romanistiku te pripadajuće Knjižnice, koja 2009. godine, preseljenjem u novu zgradu, djelomično mijenja ustroj podjelom na četiri samostalne romanističke zbirke. U žarištu je interesa ovoga rada frankofoni fond Knjižnice Odsjeka za romanistiku, danas Zbirka za francuski jezik i književnost Knjižnice Filozofskog fakulteta, u koju je uključena knjižna ostavština Nine Glaser. U radu se obrazlaže važnost donacije Glaser za izgradnju Frankofone zbirke Knjižnice Fakulteta. Rad u širem smislu razmatra ulogu darovane građe u formiranju knjižničnih fondova. Zaključuje se da su darovi, pod uvjetom promišljene strategije o njihovu prihvaćanju, koristan čimbenik u razvoju knjižničnih zbirki, štoviše neophodan u doba oskudnih financijskih sredstava za nabavu knjižne građe.
