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.
Activity Details
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. |
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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. |
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22 April (Sat), |
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! |
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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. |
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22 April (Sat) |
14:00 - 15:00 |
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. |
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22 April (Sat) |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Reading Accessories Workshop: |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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22 April (Sat) - 23 April (Sun) |
10:00 - 17:00 |
German Comic Book Exhibition |
Public |
Showcase and introduce the award-winning German comic books. |
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23 April (Sun) |
11:00 - 12:00 |
Reading Accessories Workshop: |
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. |
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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. |
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23 April (Sun) |
17:00 - 18:00 |
Light Clay Workshop: |
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. |
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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. |
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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; |
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) |
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. |
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6 May (Sat), 7 May (Sun) |
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. |
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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! |
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15 May (Mon) - 18 June (Sun) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
May |
Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo and Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’ |
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June |
Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo and Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta |
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July |
Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo, Centre of Educational Activities of Taipa and Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre |