Read books anytime, anywhere

Not only stopping at fixed libraries, reading culture in Da Nang is being strongly spread through many flexible models such as mobile libraries, mobile bookcases, book carts to remote areas, etc. Organizing reading spaces anytime, anywhere not only helps expand access to information but also contributes to forming reading habits in the community.

Ms. Khieu Thi Hoai in a reading space for children in Hoi An. Photo: THU HA

Good models

To spread the reading movement, many good reading models have been deployed to stimulate readers' reading needs. For many years, Hoi An people have been familiar with the reading activities of Ms. Khieu Thi Hoai, an officer of the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, and co-founder of the Hoi An Reading Space Group.

Initially, Ms. Hoai organized reading activities and free book lending for children on weekends with the hope of spreading the reading habit to children. Then, she switched to reading activities to inspire parents and children. This activity is not fixed at any location.

It could be in the lobby of a museum with a wide porch, in an old house in the city, a coffee shop, reading under the shade of bamboo at Thanh Ha terracotta park, reading at Cam Pho communal house... According to Ms. Hoai, with these open reading spaces, others can see the image of reading, inspiring many people, spreading the habit of reading every day, contributing to bringing profound knowledge values ​​to readers, especially in the current era of technology and social network development.

Students enjoy reading books at mobile library vans. Photo: THU HA

Not only serving readers on-site every day, local libraries also actively implement many activities to develop a diverse, lively and close-to-the-community reading culture. In the city, from wards and communes in the suburbs to the mountains, new reading spaces are gradually taking shape.

Every year, libraries organize hundreds of activities to spread reading culture: Book festivals, reading culture ambassador contests, storytelling sessions, discussions introducing authors and works; mobile library buses regularly roll to each school, carrying thousands of books, comics, and magazines, bringing knowledge to every rural area.

Teacher Tran Thi Nhan, Principal of Ngo Si Lien Primary School (Lien Chieu Ward) shared that every year, the Da Nang General Science Library brings a mobile library to the school. The mobile library is fully equipped with equipment and books to serve students and teachers from reading books and newspapers in the traditional way to experiencing interaction with books, reading e-books, experiencing the Let's Read digital library (Asia Foundation)...

Many reading activities have been implemented to attract readers, especially young readers. In the photo: Students of Kim Dong Primary and Secondary School (Phuoc Son Commune) during a reading activity. Photo: THU HA

“The children were excited to explore the mobile library, find good stories, new books, explore electronic devices… Seeing that scene, I felt very happy. I think the mobile library is not just a means of bringing books to readers but is also contributing to creating a meaningful cultural space, inspiring a love of reading and learning in the community,” Ms. Nhan expressed.

To spread books to readers, Quang Nam Library regularly serves mobile libraries at schools and community reading points, especially in remote, isolated and mountainous areas in communes and wards. In 2024, Quang Nam Library will serve 40 mobile points (an increase of 17.6% compared to 2023), 22,375 readers (an increase of 70%), and 46,760 books in circulation (an increase of 19.43% compared to 2023).

In the first six months of 2025, the library also provided mobile services at 34 locations, with 18,330 readers accessing this service, with 54,900 books and newspapers circulated. In addition, the library also supported the construction of community bookcases for communes in ethnic minority areas; built and developed a reading movement in ethnic minority communities for 16 communes in 7 districts in the province (old).

Keep your readers engaged

Every day, Lien Chieu District Library (now Hoa Khanh Ward) is crowded with readers coming to read and study. Inaugurated and put into use since 2022, the library has an outdoor reading space, reading room, book warehouse, book cafe area... with more than 5,000 books serving readers of all ages.

Students of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School (Tam Ky Ward) read books from a mobile library van. Photo: THU HA

Mr. Bui Van Thai (a long-time reader of the library) shared: “As a book lover, I am very interested in the library system in the city. With Lien Chieu district library, I see that the facilities are well-invested and modern; the books here are rich and regularly supplemented so readers can always read new books.”

Nui Thanh Commune Library has over 14,000 books in many fields: literature, children's stories, reference books, law, agriculture, life skills... to serve readers. Every day, the library welcomes about 25 - 30 readers, in the summer the number of readers coming to the library is higher.

According to the Nui Thanh Commune Public Service Center, the commune library maintains many diverse forms to spread reading culture in the community such as annually organizing Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day; organizing story-telling contests based on books; reading culture ambassador contests; book-based painting contests, artistic book-stacking contests; coordinating with Quang Nam Library to bring mobile cars to serve books to schools and community reading rooms...

Tien Phuoc Commune Library has implemented many interesting activities to attract readers. Photo: THU HA

Similarly, Tien Phuoc Commune Library also implements many activities to spread and arouse the passion for reading among the young generation. According to Ms. Phan Thi Dung, Librarian, Tien Phuoc Commune Public Service Center, activities related to reading culture are organized to encourage and promote the movement, forming reading habits and skills for students, students and people.

The library actively coordinates with cultural villages at the grassroots level to organize book and newspaper rotations to cultural houses and community centers in new rural communes; uses mobile book carts to serve readers at local schools with the motto "books find people".

The representative of Quang Nam Library said that the library will continue to coordinate book circulation and mobile service, especially in remote areas; promote previous document circulation and mobile service points, and expand to reading points serving workers in industrial parks...

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