黃漢偉捐442本各語文書籍給檳州政府圖書館

As reported in Sinchew

檳城‧黃漢偉再捐，出版社也不落後！‧星報日報贈書運動仍發熱發光

  2013-02-22 10:35

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  黃漢偉（右）和Southbound私人有限公司出版人兼董事經理陳錫潤（左）移交贈書給檳州圖書館主任蘇菲拉（中）。（圖：星洲日報）
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  黃漢偉檢視喬治市圖書館“星洲日報讀者贈書書架”藏書的借閱情況。（圖：星洲日報）

 

（檳城）星洲日報《大北馬面子書》粉絲贈書運動仍在發熱發光，繼續為檳城書香社會升溫，黃漢偉行政議員繼去年10月捐獻345本中文書給檳州政府圖書館之後，昨日（21日）再捐442本各語文書籍。

檳城一家道地的出版社Southbound私人有限公司也和黃漢偉一起，捐出372本英文書籍，更加豐富了檳州圖書館的藏書。

黃漢偉移交有關書籍予檳州圖書館主任蘇菲拉時說，檳城人捐書給政府圖書館的熱情，始於本報〈大北馬面子書〉於2010年發起的粉絲贈書運動。

他說，民眾以本報發起的贈書運動為起步，在這個基礎上已為州內政府圖書館增加了逾3千本中文藏書。

而，其他語文的贈書也源源而來，送到圖書館成為民眾可以借閱的精神糧食。

贈書有人借閱
打造書香社會，讚！

黃漢偉讚揚星洲日報率先為檳城的書香社會作出貢獻，以致除了民眾紛紛贈書充實圖書館，連私人企業也加入贈書行列。

他自小就培養了閱讀的習慣，猶記得12歲的孩提時代就懂得自打鎗埔的住家，乘公巴到市區的檳州大會堂圖書館，和檳州華人圖書館借書。

見證讀者熱烈贈書

他見證了本報讀者熱烈響應贈書運動，受贈書者的熱情感染，他於去年和今年連續2年動用選區撥款購買適合青少年的書籍，充實檳州圖書館藏書。

他特別到本報在喬治市圖書館的“星洲日報讀者贈書書架”檢查借閱率，隨手抽出一本諾貝爾文學獎得主高行健的《靈山》發現自2010年上架以來，只借出4次。

他再隨手抽出一本美國作家歐文的《旅客奇談》中譯版，可能是比較軟性的緣故，根據附在書末的借書記錄卡，有十多人借閱。

他說，星洲日報讀者的贈書有人借閱，總算可以向讀者交待。

難忘鄭德泉捐300本藏書
黃漢偉回憶見證興緻勃勃

星洲日報於2010年受面子書粉絲PG Teoh的鼓勵，發動《大北馬面子書》捐書運動，以豐富政府圖書館的中文藏書，引發眾多讀者的共鳴，紛紛加入贈書行列。

當時，有一名讀者鄭德泉把他畢生的300本藏書，統統都捐出來。

黃漢偉回憶此事時興緻勃勃的說，他見證了這名“贈書第一人”的義舉，起初他還以為書不會很多，後來這些書擠滿了他整輛車。

陳錫潤：內容具世界視野
Southbound捐372本書籍

Southbound私人有限公司雖然是本地註冊公司，所出版的書籍卻是銷售全世界。它的出版人兼董事經理陳錫潤把372本有世界視野的出版書籍，捐給政府圖書館。

陳錫潤說，他們出版的一些書是白宮圖書館藏書，比如其中一本檳州圖書館贈書提摩太肯尼迪（Timothy Kennedy）的《河天交匯處》（Where The Rivers Meet The Sky），便是相信是美國奧巴馬總務可能閱讀過的白宮藏書。

由於他們出版的書印有出版地檳城的地名，故也等於是檳城的地名，也登堂入室的被介紹到白宮。（星洲日報／大北馬）

As reported in Southbound website

Books for the Penang State Libraries

The Hon. Mr Wong Hon Wai, Penang Executive Councillor (Town and Country Planning, Housing, Arts) and Ms Shukriah Binti Haji You, Director, Penang Public Library Corporation reviewing a Southbound book.

Southbound presented the Penang Public Library Corporation with 12 sets of publications which will be added to the collections of various branches of its public libraries located across the State of Penang, Malaysia. Each set comprises 30 titles from the Southbound catalogue of scholarly books which focuses on the role of the media, internet and human communication processes in supporting sustainable social change and development. Ms Shukriah Binti Haji You, Director, Penang Public Library Corporation, who has devoted the past three decades towards building and consolidating the network of state libraries, informed Southbound that more than 100 public libraries make up the extensive network managed by her corporation. The network of libraries is the first in the country to be fully networked online. The corporation also operates a dedicated children’s library located next-door to the main public library in George Town, the capital of the State. The Hon. Mr Wong Hon Wai, Penang Executive Councillor (Town and Country Planning, Housing, Arts) also presented at the same time a large collection of books published in the Malay, English and Chinese languages to the state libraries. His special interest in mobilizing individuals and companies to contribute books to the state libraries was piqued when a library user posted a comment online suggesting that the corporation improve its collection of Chinese-language books. The Hon. Mr Wong renewed his call to the private sector to contribute books to the libraries in the State. The Penang Public Library Corporation’s collection comprises books published in four languages: Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese and Tamil.  The libraries in its network also offers users access to electronic and digital material. Southbound has also recently contributed sets of its books to libraries located in Kabul, Afghanistan and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.