Efforts to Develop the Reading Interest of the People from Children in Singapore Libraries

Xiuqi Gong

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Efforts to Develop the Reading Interest of the People from Children in Singapore Libraries

Xiuqi Gong

Received: 30 June 2016 Accepted: 19 December 2016 Published: 29 December 2016

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This paper introduces some successful efforts in Singapore libraries in developing the reading interest of children and adolescents, including reading promotion activities organized by Singapore public libraries, librarians' training of children libraries, children's books selection, and the collection development of children’ libraries. This paper shows the studies from both theory and practice and hopes to provide some reference and enlightenment for the cultivation of reading interest for children and adolescents.

DOI	10.11648/j.sjedu.20160406.16
Published in	Science Journal of Education (Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016)
Page(s)	198-205
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Singapore Library, Reading Promotion, Children

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Xiuqi Gong

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Library, Shanghai, China

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