Introductions and photos of 30 famous foreign libraries are presented.

In celebration of the Macao Library Week, the compeitition is held to arouse children's interest in reading and encourage a better use of Macao's libraries.

divided into two categories: children aged 3-5 and children aged 6-8.

Submission Date: April 13 to May 6
Submission Method: Submit the entry to Macao Public Libraries with a completed registration form
Announcement Date: Results will be released in the Macao Library and Information Management Association website in mid/late May

Introduce the latest development trend in respect to the integration of internet resources and library catelogues by foreign countries.

All the works as well as visual and audio information about William Shakespeare collected by the University of Macau are displayed under eight themes.

A local sea tale to be told with puppetry, pop-up books and  nursery rhymes to unlock children's imagination of the sea.

Macao Library and Information Management Association has designed five game booths to promote reading. They may serve as model booths for school libraries to popularize reading.

Offer introductions and photos of 30 famous foreign libraries.

Exchange scorecard for your favourite books of equivalent value at the 'Book Exchange' venue in Nam Van Old Court Building.

Macao Public Libraries sell back periodicals (2015) for charity to make the most of public resources and help people. Each person may purchase a maximum of 20 periodicals. All sales income will be used to purchase books and reading equipment to be donated to non-profit organisations in Macao.

Macao Orchestra is invited to present a live performance to kick start the Macao Library Week 2016.

Three-dimensional books, or pop-up books, story-telling in a distinctive way. In front of you, story plots pop up one after another after the books are opened. Pop-Up Story Workshop is available with Lau Ming Hang, Hong Kong theatre lighting and pop-up art designer, has been invited to lead children and their parents to design and create Pop-Up stories of their own.

Class A) Children aged 6-8 plus parents
4/23 (Sat) 14:00 - 16:00
4/24 (Sun) 14:00 - 16:00

Class B) Children aged 3-5 plus parents
4/23 (Sat) 16:30 - 18:30
4/24 (Sun) 16:30 - 18:30

Use non-woven and plush fabrics,  beads and other materials (provided for free) to create your own student card holder.

Use light clay (provided for free) to create and learn about marine animals. The products could be used by parents and their children to tell marine animal stories.

Display winning works of all categories from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao libraries.

Use non-woven and plush fabrics, beads and other materials (provided for free) to create your own pen case.

Use light clay (provided for free) to create and learn about pets. The products could be used by parents and their children to tell pet stories.

Residents can bring publications home for free or pass them on to friends so that every book and periodical is fully used.

To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library,  S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.

In response to the Macao Library Week,  the Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo will join hands with the Centre of Experimentation for the Youths, the Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’,  the Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta , Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre and Taipa Education Activities Centre respectively to launch Library Collection Exchange from April to July, in order to boost the youngsters' motivation to read.

To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library,  S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.

In this hilarious and fast-paced time, people are busy talking and expressing themselves and obsessed with being heard and seen until they are discovered and noticed.  But reading and writing happen mostly in a small and quiet corner free of worldly disturbance. Only when you are buried in a book or you produce a string of words will you be able to slow down and find your own beat; only when you stop talking and thinking will you truly open your eyes, ears and heart to listen to both your voices and those of others, and to the sound of the fauna and flora as well as the earth in the wild, at which time you learn the secret behind the reality; only when you read and write will you be able to open a profound dialogue between yourself and the world.

This exciting quiz competition will, increase participants’ interests in libraries and impart extensive knowledge of library services to them, which is not only helpful to their work, but also enhances their sense of belonging to the library.

To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library,  S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.

In response to the Macao Library Week,  the Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo will join hands with the Centre of Experimentation for the Youths, the Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’,  the Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta , Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre and Taipa Education Activities Centre respectively to launch Library Collection Exchange from April to July, in order to boost the youngsters' motivation to read.

To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library,  S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.

In response to the Macao Library Week,  the Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo will join hands with the Centre of Experimentation for the Youths, the Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’,  the Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta , Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre and Taipa Education Activities Centre respectively to launch Library Collection Exchange from April to July, in order to boost the youngsters' motivation to read.

To echo the theme of the Macao Library Week 2016, 'Books that Await Opening', Macao Public Libraries will launch a themed book fair at different libraries in line with their features, exhibiting Macao documentations, books on organic life, art & culture and children education, detective fictions and other recommended readings as well as audiovisual materials selected from Macao Central Library, Ilha Verde Library,  S. Lourenco Library, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and Taipa Library, with an aim to reshape library reading spaces and connect 'books that await opening' with readers in the community. We hope that readers will learn more about the collections of the libraries through these special and interactive book displays, and hence make better use of library resources and rethink the role of libraries in their lives and community.

In response to the Macao Library Week,  the Youth Centre of Bairro do Hipódromo will join hands with the Centre of Experimentation for the Youths, the Youth Activities Centre of ‘Exterior Port’,  the Youth Activities Centre of Areia Preta , Lakeside Multi-Purpose Activity Centre and Taipa Education Activities Centre respectively to launch Library Collection Exchange from April to July, in order to boost the youngsters' motivation to read.

Through this seminar, the speaker will share her experience on the promotion of creative reading through creative reading clubs featuring picture books, pop-up books and acting competitions. These diverse creative reading promotion strategies will help enhance the reading atmosphere on campus, facilitate home-school cooperation and cultivate students’ interest in reading.

Participants who attend and complete “Miss Tung’s Promotion Strategy for Creative Reading” Seminar (I) and (II), a total of four hours, will receive a certificate of attendance.

Children and picture books are closely related. We come to understand picture books from the perspective of children attributes, to appreciate the subtle relationship between the image and text, listen to the voice within the picture book, recall the innocence of children and enter their world. To understand the relationship between picture books and children is the key for us to participate in the interaction with this special group.  The story, language and image of a picture book have great power and serve as a communication bridge   between us and exceptional children and teenagers.

Participants who attend and complete the “Open the Picture Book and Get Close to You － Reading Picture Books and Children” Seminar and “Shared Reading of Picture Book - Seed of Happiness” Workshop, a total of 7 hours, will receive a certificate of attendance.

What is shared reading? How to happily read with children? How to select an appropriate picture book? How to conduct this activity with groups possessing different dynamics? How to create a reading environment and unifying ambiance through shared reading?
During interactions with exceptional children, examine how to conduct shared reading, imagine scenarios and select an appropriate picture book.
To further share knowledge of picture books and experience about shared reading, the workshop will demonstrate a wide array of performing skills for shared reading of picture books through an integration of sound, facial expression and scenario imagination.

Participants who attend and complete the “Open the Picture Book and Get Close to You － Reading Picture Books and Children” Seminar and “Shared Reading of Picture Book - Seed of Happiness” Workshop, a total of 7 hours, will receive a certificate of attendance.