by Read Pakistan | Aug 25, 2022 | LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
The calamity of the disappearing school libraries The calamity of the disappearing school libraries Debra Kachel Professor of School Library and Information Technologies Program, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania From coast to coast, elementary and high school...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 25, 2022 | LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
‘The magic of libraries’: Why we need them, by Joseph Coelho Author Joseph Coelho mounts a passionate defence of libraries – and explains how they really help our communities. I grew up next to the best library in the world, West Hill Library – my beautiful,...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 25, 2022 | Schools and Education Systems, Teaching
World Teachers’ Day: the important lesson of giving teachers respect On this day of all days, Sunny Varkey argues that teachers must be encouraged, respected and receive proper investment across the world, to ensure that every child benefits from a decent education...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 24, 2022 | LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
A childhood spent in the libraries of Quetta Stories from an attic: A childhood spent in the libraries of Quetta ‘Imran’ series by Ibn-e-Safi. The writer who came a distant second was a gentleman Akram Allahabadi with his Superintendent Khan and...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 24, 2022 | LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
As mental health services continue to be cut, librarians are becoming an informal lifeline for people with serious problems A mobile library in Rock, Cornwall: ‘One day a week, my mobile library stopped at a small rural community based around a bus stop.’ Photograph:...
