Festival takes place in December and has been hosted by National Central Library, public libraries since 2013

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/22
By: Lyla Liu, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taiwan Ministry of Education announced Friday (May 22) that the 2020 Taiwan Reading Festival (台灣閱讀節) won the American Library Association (ALA) award.

The annual cultural event, "Taiwan Reading Festival," takes place in December and has been hosted by the National Central Library and public libraries since 2013. It features a variety of events that aim to promote reading, according to the ministry.

This year, the program for the upcoming festival won the International Library Innovation Service ALA award, along with three other projects worldwide, the ministry added. This is the third time the National Central Library has won the prize.

The digital publishing platform system and Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies won the first two times, said the ministry.    [FULL  STORY]