Bridging gaps in understanding with booksThe Star 30 July 2024, pg. 16
"Books are 'downloads' of human thoughts and aspirations, and can be passed on meaningfully to the next generation"
#Books #Read
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Give a child a book, see him develop, says literacy advocate
The Malaysian Insight – 21 July
2024
CHILDREN must be given every
opportunity to read from an early age to grow up without being hampered by
narrow views and judgements, literacy advocate Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairuddin
said
He said reading can shape the character and personality of
children, and they should be allowed to read a wide variety of books, including
comics and illustrated works. Redza advocates for every child’s right to read
and benefit from the transformative power of books.
“Every child has a right to read and read the right book. Books can breach the cultural and racial divide. We want the best for our children,” he said in an interview with The Malaysian Insight. We must support children; we must engage them. We must understand their mindset and see from their perspective.
LIBRARIES - CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
July 18, 2024
Libraries are awesome! If you think you know libraries think again! Even as society undergoes continuous change, the public library continues to be considered by so many as a much-loved and respected institution – even those who have never used it can still see its acknowledged trust and its wider democratic and civic value. With some investment the potential is indeed awesome!
The public library is still widely and globally recognised as a catalyst for change, facilitating social, economic and cultural development and supporting communities to take advantage of the opportunities afforded them by a modern society.
We know libraries build better, fairer stronger communities. Working more, and more in partnership they make huge differences to health and wellbeing, to early learning, to digital access and skills and to an informed citizenry.
Tomorrow’s libraries need leaders who understand new technologies, the changing and future job market and the future skills citizens will need for that. Undoubtedly, these new leaders must find a united, big, loud voice to sell the vision. Let's transform public perception of our role and relevance and become the thought leaders to support, protect and empower people in a digital age.
We can enable the learning required
to create new jobs and a new skilled, entrepreneurial, adaptable workforce.
Importantly we need to create the fantastic spaces in which people feel they
can just ‘be’; places they own, want, need and can develop.
Rapid pace of change is now our only constant, but we are an untapped goldmine with an opportunity to reinvent our role as the ‘digital powerhouse’ and to develop as real catalysts for equality and societal change. We can find new ways of working that ensure no one is left behind.
With thoughtful investment our network of public libraries is ideally situated to create the conditions for harnessing the benefits of economic growth. To ensure everyone knows it, so WE NEED TO FIND A BIG LOUD VOICE!
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