SHAH ALAM, 2 Feb: The total number of book loans at the Selangor Public Library Corporation (PPAS) increased in 2014 to 734,994 from 635,197 in 2013.
The PPAS Director, Mastura Muhamad, said that the total number of memberships also increased to 56,317 compared to 46,816 in 2013, which proves that the trend of reading in the community is increasingly positive.
She said that library activities received good response from users and Selangor managed to record the highest number of visitors compared to public libraries in other states.
“We managed to collect up to 610,000 visitors last year and this is the highest number. Our aim after this is for everyone to spend 10 minutes reading,” said Mastura, taken from Sinar Harian.
She said that reading through the internet can also be considered a culture of reading, but using digital versions.
“It is a healthy competitions and a good culture to educate the community to love the culture of reading,” she said.
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