{"id":11582,"date":"2019-04-18T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/world-book-and-copyright-day-23-april\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:57:37","slug":"world-book-and-copyright-day-23-april","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-book-and-copyright-day-23-april\/","title":{"rendered":"World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that reading improves the language abilities of people. While some habits are learned from families, schools and cities can also be important in forming readers and awakening the pleasure of reading. Knowing how to read is one of the pillars for the acquisition and transmission of knowledge. We live in a world surrounded by letters. Hence the importance of developing a taste for reading and the habit of reading.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cities can generate spaces and moments that favor reading, and raise awareness on the heritage of the city and the libraries available to citizens. Sharing the taste for reading also contributes to better living together and to generate a feeling of belonging.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A selection of good practices from our Bank of Experiences on the promotion of reading are listed below:<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Coru\u00f1a:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=41665&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Green Library at the municipal libraries of A Coru\u00f1a<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Settimo Torinese<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=38845&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Trust in Archimedes\u2019 Thrust<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sabadell<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=33425&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">LECXIT Sabadell<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chacao<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=30325&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">The Los Palos Grandes Library a citizen meeting place<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Salt<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=28845&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Salt Planning Reading<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cieza<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=25865&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">I&#8217;ll lend you my eyes<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le\u00f3n<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=19483&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Digital Mobile Library<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More good practices are available at our <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubTemesAc.do?idtem=81&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Bank of Experiences<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 marks\u00a0the International Year of Indigenous Languages, led by UNESCO, to reaffirm\u00a0the commitment of the international community in supporting indigenous\u00a0peoples to preserve their cultures, knowledge and rights. For this reason, the\u00a024th edition of World Book and Copyright Day focuses on the importance of enhancing and protecting Indigenous languages.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11583,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[800],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11582","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-book-and-copyright-day-23-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We know that reading improves the language abilities of people. 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