I wonder why I missed knowing much about facts the World Book Day U.K.
I am the author of the forthcoming "Book of Library World Records" which is
the "Guinness Book of World Records" on books and libraries.
I wish I had known more info about the World Book DayU.K. much earlier so
that I could have included a new entry for "The Book of Library World
Records" which is being published soon in the U.S.
It would have been marvelous to have the entry:
"The World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading
in the UK"
I will probably save this fact on The World Book Day U.K, for the new
edition of the book, i.e. "The Book of Library World Records 2" which will
be a possibility about 1 or 2 from now.
If anyone knows any more fascinating facts on books, book days and book
reading in the U.K. please e-mail them to me, which I will save for "The
Book of Library World Records 2"
Thanks.
Godfrey Oswald
Author,
"The Book of Library World Records"
http://www.geocities.com/infolibrary
>From: Helen Baigent <[log in to unmask]>
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>First online reading festival for World Book Day
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>World Book Day will host the first online Readers' and Writers'
>Festival on Thursday 6th March next year.
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>Following a successful bid to the Arts Council Touring Fund, the
>festival will be broadcast via The People's Network from public
>libraries across the UK. World Book Day is working in partnership
>with Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, CILIP
>(The Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals)
>and The Reading Agency to develop the Festival.
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>The People's Network is the Lottery-sponsored project to provide
>internet access for all through public libraries. By the end of 2002,
>every library in the UK will have 30,000 new computer terminals offering
>fast access to the internet, along with trained staff to help people
>make the most of getting online. The People's Network project is
>managed by Resource and funded by the New Opportunities Fund.
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>One of the principal aims of the Festival is to provide increased access
>for adults and children who want to take part in World Book Day events.
>Throughout World Book Day, a series of author interviews and other
>activities will be broadcast on the web with readers having the
>opportunity to take part in live chat sessions and related events.
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>Following World Book Day, the broadcasts and resource materials will be
>archived to provide a re-usable resource on the web.
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>A new website - http://www.worldbookdayfestival.com
><http://www.worldbookdayfestival.com/> - is being developed to host the
>Festival; it will sit alongside and be linked to World Book Day's
>existing site, http://www.worldbookday.com
><http://www.worldbookday.com/> .
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>Gary McKeone, Literature Director of the Arts Council of England,
>comments,
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>"We're delighted to support World Book Day. The idea of a virtual
>readers and writers festival working through every library is terrific
>news for literature. Through imaginative initiatives like this, we can
>enable huge numbers of people to participate in and enjoy all kinds of
>literature. The benefits to libraries, to readers, to writers and to
>publishers will be considerable."
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>Notes to Editors
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>World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in
>the UK. The next World Book Day will be held on Thursday March 6th 2003.
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>People's Network
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>The People's Network is a project to connect all public libraries to the
>internet, as part of the Government's commitment to give everyone in the
>UK the opportunity to get online. Lottery-funded by the New
>Opportunities Fund and managed by Resource: The Council for Museums,
>Archives and Libraries more than 4000 library centres will be up and
>running by the end of 2002. Further information is available from the
>People's Network website at http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk
><http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/>
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>Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
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>Resource provides the strategic leadership, advocacy and advice to
>enable museums, archives and libraries to touch people's lives and
>inspire their imagination, learning and creativity. The Resource
>website can be viewed at http://www.resource.gov.uk
><http://www.resource.gov.uk/>
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>New Opportunities Fund
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>The New Opportunities Fund distributes National Lottery money to health,
>education and environment projects across the UK. NOF supports
>sustainable projects that will: improve the quality of life of people
>throughout the UK; address the needs of those who are most disadvantaged
>in society; encourage community participation; complement relevant local
>and national strategies and programmes. Funding for programmes is
>divided between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales on the
>basis of population weighted to reflect levels of deprivation. Further
>information is available on the NOF website at http://www.nof.org.uk
><http://www.nof.org.uk/>
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>UK online
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>UK online is a national drive to help everyone in the UK make the most
>of the internet. The aims of UK online are to make the UK the best
>place in the world for e-commerce; to ensure that everyone who wants to
>can get online; and to deliver all government services online to
>citizens by 2005. An important part of the UK online project is the
>creation of 6000 UK online Centres in England by the end of 2002, where
>people can access the internet. At least half of these Centres will be
>in public libraries, thanks to the lottery-funded People's Network
>project. Further information on UK online is available at:
>www.ukonline.gov.uk or http://www.letsallgeton.gov.uk
><http://www.letsallgeton.gov.uk/>
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>The Reading Agency was formed by the merger of three existing agencies -
>LaunchPad, The Reading Partnership and Well Worth Reading - in July 2002
>as a UK wide development agency with its roots in the public library
>sector. It is founded on the principle that reading has infinite
>potential for making life richer and that libraries are the most
>democratic medium for bringing reading to people. The Reading Agency
>is managing the Festival, in partnership with Resource, on behalf of
>World Book Day.
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>CILIP is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
>Professionals, a new professional body formed following the unification
>of the Institute of Information Scientist (IIS) and the Library
>Association (LA).
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>The World Book Day Readers and Writers Festival will be hosted at
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>http://www.worldbookdayfestival.com
><http://www.worldbookdayfestival.com/> . There will be a link to the
>main World Book Day website, http://www.worldbookday.com
><http://www.worldbookday.com/> which is sponsored by fireandwater.com.
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>For more information, please contact
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>Liz Sich or Truda Spruyt at Colman Getty PR
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>Tel: 020 7631 2666
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>12 November 2002
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>Helen Baigent
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>Network Adviser
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>Libraries and Information Society
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