Macao Library Week 2016 – ‘Books that Await Opening’
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Macao Library Week 2016 – ‘Books that Await Opening’
Macao Public Libraries was formed through the merger of libraries formerly under IACM's administration and the initial Macao Central Library. In response to the Macao Library Week 2016, Macao Public Libraries, under the auspices of Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and the Macao Library & Information Management Association have joined forces to host a series of reading promotion activities held on the 23rd April every year since 2002. A major annual library festival in Macao, the event serves to promote reading culture throughout the community. Time passes quickly and this year heralds the 14th Macao Library Week. Libraries will continue to share the responsibilities of spreading knowledge, promoting reading culture, as well as providing library resources and services to the residents.
Macao Library Week 2016 is themed ‘Books that Await Opening’. Each book awaits opening and reading upon publication so that it can be understood as forming a linkage with mankind and the world, thereby creating a reading atmosphere. A book will remain untouched on the shelf until it is opened by a reader with a corresponding interest and personality, at which time a unique and private space emerges between the book and the reader.
In April and May this year we will organize over 40 different themed reading promotion activities, including: themed book fairs; photography exhibitions; workshops on book production; pop-up book theatres; reading promotion activities in schools; writer’s seminars; family reading activities and quiz competitions among others. Local and overseas guests and scholars are invited to participate in the event. Through a full range of exciting activities we hope to inculcate a feeling of ownership for each book, and send readers on a reading peregrination in company with books.
2016 Macao Library Week Opening Ceremony
2016 Macao Library Week Opening Ceremony
Macao Orchestra is invited to present a live performance to kick start the Macao Library Week 2016.
Date：4/23 (Sat)
Venue：Nam Van Old Court Building
Target：Interested parties
Register by Telephone：2856 7576
Book Exchange
Book Exchange
Exchange scorecard for your favourite books of equivalent value at the 'Book Exchange' venue in Nam Van Old Court Building.
Date：4/23 - 4/24 (Sat - Sun)
Venue：Nam Van Old Court Building
Target：Interested parties
Enquiries：2893 0077 / 2855 8049 / 2884 3105
Back Periodicals Charity Sale
Back Periodicals Charity Sale
Macao Public Libraries sell back periodicals (2015) for charity to make the most of public resources and help people. Each person may purchase a maximum of 20 periodicals. All sales income will be used to purchase books and reading equipment to be donated to non-profit organisations in Macao.
Date：4/23 - 4/24 (Sat - Sun)
Venue：Nam Van Old Court Building
Target：Interested parties
Enquiries：2893 0077 / 2855 8049 / 2884 3105
Master Forum: The Necessity of Understanding the Others
Master Forum: The Necessity of Understanding the Others
In this hilarious and fast-paced time, people are busy talking and expressing themselves and obsessed with being heard and seen until they are discovered and noticed. But reading and writing happen mostly in a small and quiet corner free of worldly disturbance. Only when you are buried in a book or you produce a string of words will you be able to slow down and find your own beat; only when you stop talking and thinking will you truly open your eyes, ears and heart to listen to both your voices and those of others, and to the sound of the fauna and flora as well as the earth in the wild, at which time you learn the secret behind the reality; only when you read and write will you be able to open a profound dialogue between yourself and the world.
Date：4/24 (Sun)
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Target：Interested parties
Language：Cantonese (Interpretation not available)
Quota：40
Lecturer：Hon Lai Chu (Hong Kong writer)
Enquiries：2837 7117
Admission：a first come, first serve basis
Register by Telephone：2837 7117
Register Online：www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/
When Stories Pop up from Books
When Stories Pop up from Books
- Children Puppetry, Streets Flooded In Heavy Rain
A local sea tale to be told with puppetry, pop-up books and nursery rhymes to unlock children's imagination of the sea.
Date：4/17 (Sun)， 4/30 (Sat)
Venue：Taipa Library 4/17 (Sun) S. Lourenco Library 4/30(Sat)
Number of Events：4
Target：Interested parties
Language：Cantonese (Interpretation not available)
Quota：30
Enquiries：2884 3105 / 8294 7931
Admission：a first come, first serve basis
Register by Telephone：2884 3105 / 8294 7931
Register Online：www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/
- Pop-Up Story Workshop
Three-dimensional books, or pop-up books, story-telling in a distinctive way. In front of you, story plots pop up one after another after the books are opened. Pop-Up Story Workshop is available with Lau Ming Hang, Hong Kong theatre lighting and pop-up art designer, has been invited to lead children and their parents to design and create Pop-Up stories of their own.
Class A) Children aged 6-8 plus parents
4/23 (Sat) 14:00 - 16:00
4/24 (Sun) 14:00 - 16:00
Class B) Children aged 3-5 plus parents
4/23 (Sat) 16:30 - 18:30
4/24 (Sun) 16:30 - 18:30
Date：4/23 - 4/24 (Sat - Sun)
Venue：Nam Van Old Court Building
Target：(Group A) Children aged 6 - 8 plus parents (Group B) Children aged 3 - 5 plus parents
Quota：12
Enquiries：6301 2842
Admission：a first come, first serve basis
Register by Telephone：6301 2842
Register Online：www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/
Bookcrossing
Bookcrossing
Residents can bring publications home for free or pass them on to friends so that every book and periodical is fully used.
Date：4/25 - 4/26
Venue：Nam Van Old Court Building
Target：Interested parties
Enquiries：2893 0077 / 2855 8049 / 2884 3105
‘Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao 4‧23 World Book Day Creative Competition 2016’
‘Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao 4‧23 World Book Day Creative Competition 2016’(Macao) Award Ceremony
Date：4/23 (Sat)
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Target：Student awardees and school representatives
Enquiries：2837 7117
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao 4‧23 World Book Day Creative Competition 2016’Works Exhibition
Display winning works of all categories from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao libraries.
Date：4/24 - 5/31
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Target：Interested Parties
Enquiries：2837 7117
“Miss Tung’s Promotion Strategy for Creative Reading” Seminar (I) and (II)
“Miss Tung’s Promotion Strategy for Creative Reading” Seminar (I) and (II)
Through this seminar, the speaker will share her experience on the promotion of creative reading through creative reading clubs featuring picture books, pop-up books and acting competitions. These diverse creative reading promotion strategies will help enhance the reading atmosphere on campus, facilitate home-school cooperation and cultivate students’ interest in reading.
Participants who attend and complete “Miss Tung’s Promotion Strategy for Creative Reading” Seminar (I) and (II), a total of four hours, will receive a certificate of attendance.
Date：5/7 - 5/8 (Sat - Sun)
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Number of Events：2
Target：Interested Parties (Target participants: teachers and reading promoters )
Language：Cantonese (No Interpretation Provided)
Quota：50
Lecturer：Alice Tung
Enquiries：2837 7117
Admission：ballot for admission
Register by Telephone：2837 7117
Register Online：www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/
‘Open the Picture Book and Get Close to You - Reading Picture Books and Children’ Seminar and ‘Shared Reading of Picture Book - Seed of Happiness’ Workshop
‘Open the Picture Book and Get Close to You - Reading Picture Books and Children’ Seminar
Children and picture books are closely related. We come to understand picture books from the perspective of children attributes, to appreciate the subtle relationship between the image and text, listen to the voice within the picture book, recall the innocence of children and enter their world. To understand the relationship between picture books and children is the key for us to participate in the interaction with this special group. The story, language and image of a picture book have great power and serve as a communication bridge between us and exceptional children and teenagers.
Date：5/21 (Sat)
Time ：15:00 - 17:00
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
‘Shared Reading of Picture Book - Seed of Happiness’ Workshop
What is shared reading? How to happily read with children? How to select an appropriate picture book? How to conduct this activity with groups possessing different dynamics? How to create a reading environment and unifying ambiance through shared reading?
During interactions with exceptional children, examine how to conduct shared reading, imagine scenarios and select an appropriate picture book.
To further share knowledge of picture books and experience about shared reading, the workshop will demonstrate a wide array of performing skills for shared reading of picture books through an integration of sound, facial expression and scenario imagination.
Date：5/22 (Sun)
Time ：11:00 - 13:00 14:30 - 17:30
Venue：Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Target：Interested parties
Language：Mandarin (no interpretation provided)
Lecturer：Integrated Arts Education Association of Taipei(Taiwan)
Enquiries：2837 7117
Admission：ballot for admission
Register by Telephone：2837 7117
Register Online：www.icm.gov.mo/eform/event/c/5/
Participants who attend and complete the “Open the Picture Book and Get Close to You － Reading Picture Books and Children” Seminar and “Shared Reading of Picture Book - Seed of Happiness” Workshop, a total of 7 hours, will receive a certificate of attendance.
Book Fair-'Books that Await Opening'
Book Fair-'Books that Await Opening'
To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library, S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.
Libraries: Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library, S. Lourenco Library,Taipa Library
Themes: Macao Documentations, Organic Life, Detective Fiction, Art & Culture, Children Education
Date: 4/30-5/31
Time: Opening hours of the libraries