MaLIA News

MaLIA International Relations Officer and Chairman of the Malta Libraries Council writes about the objectives of Libraries Day.

Members of the public are going to be quizzed on literacy in a bid to improve worryingly-low reading and writing levels among Maltese students, a seminar discussed.

The Malta Libraries Council will hold a Libraries Day on December 5 to raise awareness about the roles that libraries have in today’s society.

The University of Malta Library has launched an art exhibition entitled 'Children & the Sea'. The exhibition presents a series of thought provoking art works of our oceans and coastal environments as portrayed by children from different countries, including Malta.

Arnold Cassola writes that the planned library is indeed a minuscule one and not at all suitable for the needs of a 10,000-strong community that is always growing.

Maltese authors will be given the opportunity to get their work translated into a language of their choice through a new fund

Effective ways of improving literacy levels among Maltese students formed the focal discussion point of a seminar organised in the wake of a recently-published EU report underlining disconcertingly low literacy levels among European youths.

The annual book fair may have attracted a large amount of people but its popularity is not reflected in the reading culture among Maltese youth, according to a study.

The archives of the Archbishop and from various old parishes in Malta have been digitised and uploaded on a website for public use.

Michael Briguglio, chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika (Green Party), writes about libraries and the meeting he has just had with MaLIA.