{"id":1570,"date":"2022-04-19T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/2022\/04\/19\/national-library-of-south-africa-celebrates-world-book-and-copyright-day-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T13:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:01:27","slug":"national-library-of-south-africa-celebrates-world-book-and-copyright-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/2022\/04\/19\/national-library-of-south-africa-celebrates-world-book-and-copyright-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATES WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) in partnership with the Northern Cape’s Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the South African Library for the Blind will, on 21 and 22 April 2022 celebrate World Book and Copyright Day in Barkly West, Northern Cape.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Libraries play a vital role in satisfying the educational and informational needs of communities and thus promote reading for nation-building. One of the NLSA’s responsibilities is to shape a nation of readers by facilitating access to information, providing books to public libraries, school libraries and book clubs and through the hosting of reading competitions and campaigns.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Annually on 23 April, the world celebrates World Book and Copyright Day.  <\/span>It is a day which celebrates all things book related – writing, reading, publishing and copyright laws.  <\/span>It is also an occasion to encourage people to discover, or rediscover, the pleasure of reading.  <\/span>The NLSA, in conjunction with its partners has lined up a range of activities to pay tribute to authors and promote a culture of reading in observance of World Book and Copyright Day.  <\/span>Events include a door-to-door book donation campaign, motivational talks, book readings etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the media are invited to cover the event as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Door-to-door book donation campaign<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Date:  <\/span>      <\/span>Thursday, 21 April 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Venue:  <\/span>   <\/span>Inasee Moshoeu Library, Barkly West, Northern Cape  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Time:  <\/span>     <\/span>08H00<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Formal celebration<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Date:  <\/span>      <\/span>Friday, 22 April 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Venue:  <\/span>   <\/span>Inasee Moshoeu Library, Barkly West, Northern Cape  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Time:  <\/span>     <\/span>10H00<\/span><\/p>\n

ENDS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Issued by the National Library of South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n

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For confirmation of attendance and media enquiries please contact:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ms Jolene Bhadais<\/span><\/p>\n

Spokesperson:  <\/span>National Library of South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n

Tel:           <\/span>064 625 7281<\/span><\/p>\n

Email:      <\/span><\/span>jolene.bhadais@nlsa.ac.za<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Morapedi Sekhoane<\/span><\/p>\n

Spokesperson: Dept of Sport, Arts and Culture Northern Cape<\/span><\/p>\n

Cell: 078 944 0200<\/span><\/p>\n

Email:     <\/span>Morapedisekhoane@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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Notes to the Editor<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) is the custodian and provider of the nation’s key knowledge resources. The NLSA is mandated by the National Library of South Africa Act to collect and preserve published documents and to make them accessible thereby ensuring that knowledge is preserved for posterity and that information is available to all.   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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www.nlsa.ac.za<\/span><\/p>\n

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The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) in partnership with the Northern Cape’s Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the South African Library for the Blind will, on 21 and 22 April 2022 celebrate World Book and Copyright Day in Barkly West, Northern Cape.    Libraries play a vital role in satisfying the educational<\/p>\n

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