Libraries set for National Year of Reading

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Tablelands Libraries will be offering even more reasons to go to your local library this year as they celebrate the National Year of Reading with a host of activities.

What is National Year of Reading?

Nearly half the population struggle without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work. There are 46% of Australians who can't read newspapers; follow a recipe; make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.

Australian libraries and library associations are behind a campaign to turn 2012 into the National Year of Reading, linking together all the great things that are already happening around books, reading and literacy, and giving them an extra boost, with inspirational programs and events taking place across the country.

The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It's about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It's about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it's about Australians becoming a nation of readers.

Tablelands Regional Council's 11 library branches have a full year of events planned, based around the theme of reading, with a different emphasis each month.

More details will be available closer to the date.

MONTH	THEME	LIBRARY SLOGAN
Entire Year	Membership Drive	*Your Library: Dewey Drop-In!*
January	Summer Reading	*Open a Book - Open Your Mind*
February	Library Lovers	Librarians are Novel Lovers
March	Arts and Crafts	Your Public Library, more than Books
April	Trivia	?? If confusion persists, ask a Librarian
May	Library & Info Services	Librarians: The human search engine
June	Writing	Librarians: Travel Agents for the mind
July	Author Visit	Librarians: The happy bookers
August	Local History / CBCA Week	Librarians are infomaniacs
September	Get Reading	I'd Rather be Reading
October	Food	Do Cookbook pictures make you fat?
November	Men	Real Men Read
December	Membership Drive	*Your Library: Dewey Drop-In!*

For more information on the National Year of Reading go to http://www.love2read.org.au/ or call your local library branch.

There will be official launch of the National Year of Reading next month.

Interesting Facts about TRC Libraries

Tablelands Library Service 2010-2011

Number of branches - 11
Locations - Atherton, Chillagoe, Dimbulah, Herberton, Kuranda, Malanda, Mareeba, Millaa Millaa, Mt Garnet, Ravenshoe, Yungaburra
Total hours open per week - 231hrs 30mins
Total membership - 18,112
Number of issues - 394,820
Number of enquiries -24635
Number of reservations - 47,781
Total number of items held - 121,144
Number of storytime sessions - 556
Number of storytime attendees - 7961

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