Sharon Thien Deputy Director Public Libraries Management National

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3 -tiered Public Libraries Singapore Shopping Mall: 9 Standalone: 10 180, 000 volumes 250, 000 volumes Regional: 3 Community Children’s : 1 10, 000 volumes 500, 000 volumes 3 All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

5, 000 athletes (aged 14 – 18) & officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 1200 media representatives, 20, 000 local and international volunteers, and more than 370, 000 spectators To inspire youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. To create a lasting sports, culture and education legacy for Singapore and youths from around the world To enhance and elevate the sporting culture locally and regionally. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Purpose A series of events and activities at the Public Libraries Singapore using Sports and Sportsrelated themes to promote reading and learning To celebrate the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Core Message Sports for People with All Abilities The Public Library as an important conduit for people across all races, cultures, professions and abilities to interact and understand theme of Sports; showcasing diversity through sports The Library allows people to participate in sports in more than just one way; beyond being able to actively experience & build up their skills in playing a particular sport, to create environments that allow the masses to enjoy being active educate them about the different types of sports & areas like nutrition and health encourage user-generated content to be contributed to or via the Library All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Strategy Surfacing Promotional efforts to showcase library resources Egs Sports Fiction Map, Library Dress-Up, Collection Spotlight on Sports, Inspiring Sporting Singapore Exhibition Deepening Use library resources as part of the programming process Egs Youth Journalism Competition, Design-a-Card Contest, Disability Sports Showcase, Vertical Marathon, Amazing Race All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Showcasing Diversity through Sports: Library Dress-Up All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Stories Next Door Nominate a Champion Submit a Photograph All Rights Reserved, National Library

Design-a-Card Contest 1. Showcase Team Singapore athletes 2. Spotlight on Sport-related trivia using library

Sports Fiction Map A listing of Sports stories for children To entice them to learn more about a particular sport through reading suggested fiction titles Featuring all 26 competitive sports during SYOG Countries of Origin for each of the sports are identified Interesting facts on each sport were featured All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

List of Call Numbers related to 26 Sports All Rights Reserved, National Library Board

Youth Writers Award Asia 2010 Jointly organized by READ! Singapore (National Library Board, Singapore) & Reader’s Digest Asia Theme: Dare to Dream: Stories of Imagination, Passion and Sporting Excellence 1236 entries received from Singapore, Bangladesh, China, HK, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE and Vietnam 30 winning stories were published in a book to be distributed during READ! Singapore 2010 & to the SYOG athletes All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Inspires creative self-expression among our youths, this initiative offers them the avenue to share their passion and knowledge on sports with their peers using multimedia such as videos and podcasts. Promotes reading among the teens by highlighting the libraries’ collections & engages youths by encouraging them to contribute their recommendations via blogs. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore

Upcoming Events & Activities Go Sports Nutrition (Talks/Workshops) Fitness (Sports Activities) Entertainment (Mass Events) Signature Launch Events Disability Sports Showcase Amazing Race Vertical Marathon Storytelling in June Focus Stories on YOG Values All Rights Reserved, National Library Board Singapore