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Macao Library Week 2017 ─ Reading and Images

Url: http://www.macaulibraryweek.gov.mo/en/

Register Online: https://www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/

To echo the ‘World Book Day’ on 23 April, a series of activities have been organised jointly by Macao Public Library under the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) and the Macao Library & Information Management Association (MLIMA) and co-organised by Wu Yee Sun Library of the University of Macau since 2002 to promote reading throughout the community, and now they have become annual events well-known in the local library sphere.

The activities of Macao Library Week 2017 will be themed “Reading and Images”, aiming to widen the horizon of reading discuss the interaction between image and reading. What is the relationship between “see” and “read”? This seems to be a perplexing question, however, if we put ourselves in children's shoes, we will see how images arouse their curiosity and lead them to read spontaneously, we easily realize that our life is filled with dialogues between images and reading. Sometimes it is through images that lead us to reading; other times, it is reading itself that provokes a multiplicity of imagined scenes. Both are intrinsically linked, turning into the source of our knowledge and life story.

Promotion Day of Macao Library Week 2017

Venue : Old Court Building 

Date    : 22 April (Sat) - 25 April (Tue), 2017

Date

Time

Activity

Target Participants

Content

Enquiry /

Registration

22 April (Sat) - 23 April (Sun)

10:00 - 19:00

Book Exchange

Interested parties

Exchange scorecard for your favourite books of equivalent value at the 'Book Exchange' venue in Nam Van Old Court Building.

2893 0077
2855 8049
2884 3105

22 April (Sat) - 23 April (Sun)

10:00 - 19:00

Back Periodicals Charity Sale

** To make way for the Opening Ceremony on 22 April, part of the selling area will be suspended till 11:00. The arrangement may be adjusted depending on the  actual circumstances.

Interested parties

Macao Public Library will be selling back periodicals dated 2016 for charity to make the most of public resources and help people. Each person may purchase a maximum of 20 periodicals. All proceeds will be used to purchase books and reading equipment to be donated to non-profit organisations in Macao.

2893 0077
2855 8049
2884 3105

22 April (Sat),
23 April (Sun)

10:30 - 11:30

Storybooks can Speak - Hand Puppet Show in English

Children aged 4-10 and parents

Feel the fun of 3D reading with well-known storybook characters brought to life through drama, music and hand puppets!

28377117

22 April (Sat)

11:00 - 12:00

Reading Accessories Workshop: Marbling Bookmarks DIY

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Encourage reading among children and adults through the workshop and the DIY products. Bookmarks are good companions for reading. Beautiful bookmarks of all kinds of pattern can be created through paper marbling.

2842 2780

2856 9440

22 April (Sat)

14:00 - 15:00
16:00 - 17:00

Create Colourful Collages with Children

Children aged 4-10 and parents

Unleash your imagination as Lego the instructor guides you and your kids to put together creative collages with different materials.

28377117

22 April (Sat)

15:30 - 16:30

Reading Accessories Workshop:
Non-woven Fabric Memo Holder DIY

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Encourage reading among children and adults through the workshop and the DIY products. Design memo holders with non-woven fabric of beautiful shapes and animals.

2842 2780

2856 9440

22 April (Sat)

17:00 - 18:00

Light Clay Workshop: Parrot and Owl

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Learn about different types of animals by creating them in light clay.

2842 2780

2856 9440

22 April (Sat) - 23 April (Sun)

10:00 - 17:00

Reading Game Booths

Public

Macao Library and Information Management Association has designed game booths to promote reading. They may serve as model booths for school libraries to popularize reading.

6697 6977

22 April (Sat) - 23 April (Sun)

10:00 - 17:00

German Comic Book Exhibition

Public

Showcase and introduce the award-winning German comic books.

6697 6977

23 April (Sun)

11:00 - 12:00

Reading Accessories Workshop:
Animal Paper Clips DIY

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Encourage reading among children and adults through the workshop and the DIY products. Paper clips help us organise papers in daily life. This time we can create them in our own fashion.

2842 2780

2856 9440

23 April (Sun)

15:30 - 16:30

Light Clay Workshop: Succulent Plants

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Learn about different types of plants by creating them in light clay.

2842 2780

2856 9440

23 April (Sun)

17:00 - 18:00

Light Clay Workshop:
Rare Wild Animals in China - Chinese Alligator and Baiji

Children aged 3-12 and parents

Learn about rare animals in China by creating them in light clay, and learn to care for our motherland.

2842 2780    2856 9440

 

Other Highlights

Date

Time

Venue

Activity

Target

Content

Enquiry

6 April (Thu) - 13 April (Thu)

10:00 - 17:00

Wu Yee Sun Library of University of Macau

East Meets West: Rare Book Exhibition

Interested parties

This exhibition features around 150 rare books included in East Meets West: An Illustrated Catalogue of Some Rare Books in Western Languages in the University of Macau Library, a catalogue newly compiled by the Library itself.

8822 8170

12 April (Wed) - 19 April (Wed)

10:00 - 17:00

Wu Yee Sun Library of University of Macau

German Comic Book Exhibition

Interested parties

Showcase and introduce award-winning German comic books.

6697 6977

17 April (Mon) - 20 May (Sun)

09:00 - 18:00

Public libraries of Macau

The 5th Library Week Children's Colouring Competition

Children aged 3-8 with student cards issued by DSEJ;
divided into two categories: children aged 3-5 and children aged 6-8.

In celebration of the Macao Library Week, the competition is held to foster children's interest in reading and encourage a better use of Macao's libraries.

6697 6977

24 April (Mon) - 28 April (Fri)

09:00 - 20:30

Wu Yee Sun Library of University of Macau

Reward Scheme: 'Fill the Campus with Reading Atmosphere'

Users of the University of Macau Library

The scheme is launched with the aim to promote reading in the campus and encourage reading and thinking become habits. Library users who borrow books will receive books for free.

8822 8170

25 April (Tue) - 21 May (Sun)

10:00 - 17:00

Library of Macau University of Science and Technology

German Comic Book Exhibition

Interested parties

Showcase and introduce award-winning German comic books.

6697 6977

29 April - 31 May

10:00 - 19:00 (Mon - Sat)
11:00 - 19:00 (Sun)

Sir Robert Ho Tung Library

Exhibition of Winning Entries in '4 ‧ 23 World Book Day Creative Competition 2017 in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao'

Interested parties

Showcase the winning entries in each category of the competition held respectively by the libraries in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

2837 7117

6 May (Sat), 7 May (Sun)
* participants must attend 2 days at the same time

10:00 - 12:00

Taipa Library

Workshop: Create a Family Reading Corner for Your Children with Your Own Hands

Children aged 4-8 and parents

Inelle is a mother full of passion and an administrator of the 'Montessori parents group' in Macao. She will guide the participants through design to create a themed corner, and share her experience on how to make the corner attractive to children by observing their interest in each period and place inside the related books and learning auxiliary settings. She will conduct the workshop with the concept of 'sharing study/living room corners' and choose five good ideas to share, enabling both children and adults to be the designers of the children reading corners.

2884 3105

6 May (Sat)

15:00 - 16:00

S. Lourenço Library

Storybooks can Speak - Hand Puppet Show in English

Children aged 4-10 and parents

Feel the fun of 3D reading with well-known storybook characters brought to life through drama, music and hand puppets!

8294 7931

15 May (Mon) - 18 June (Sun)

 

Taipa Library

Exhibition: Welcome to My Family Reading Corner

Interested parties

Objects in nature, wool blankets, toy blocks, picture cards, small drawings… What is your ideal reading corner like? In this exhibition, several families exhibit their own family reading corners and share the joy of reading behind the doors with readers.

2884 3105

15 May (Mon) - 18 June (Sun)

Library Opening Hours

Sir Robert Ho Tung Library – Garden Atrium

Exhibition of Various Zines - Books of Several Pages

Interested parties

Zine, an unfamiliar concept among Macao locals, refers to a type of independent publication produced in small quantity but gaining widespread popularity in different parts of the world in recent years. The name 'zine', without the prefix 'maga', suggests it aims to shake off the limitations in the publication process and only focus on expressing the creator's message. Playfulness and handicraft, even inexpensive and unrefined, is allowed from content preparation to printing and binding.
This exhibition features the zines singled out by different bookstores in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland, as well as some independent publications experimentally created by local designers and artists.

2897 7117

20 May (Sat)

15:00 - 16:00

Taipa Library

Storybooks can Speak - Hand Puppet Show in English

Children aged 4-10 and parents

Feel the fun of 3D reading with well-known storybook characters brought to life through drama, music and hand puppets!

2884 3105

 

           

April

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Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo and Centre of Experimentation for the Youths

Library Collection Exchange

All Macao readers

The Youth Centre will join hands with the Centre of Experimentation for the Youth, the Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’, the Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta,  the Centre of Educational Activities of Taipa and the Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre respectively to launch Library Collection Exchange from April to July, in order to boost the youngsters' motivation to read.

Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo
Ms. Chan:
2842 5110

May

Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo and Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’

June

Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo  and Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta

July

Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo, Centre of Educational Activities of Taipa and Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre