222 Reading Posts in 2011

If students or professionsal come to the library thats just part of the everyday educational world and it doesn't seem all that amazing. However if 5 Badui men walk several days from the inner Badui community (an area closed to the outside world) and stop at the library in Bogor, that indeed is something out of the ordinary or amazing. To find out more about tha Badui see this Wikipedia Article or a brief article in TIME Asia entitled Sacred People.

This is why we have opened up 168 community centers and libraries in 10 different provinces, namely to meet this kind of interest. Personally, this visit has caused us in Bogor to think. When we stop reaching out to those who are out of reach, God will suprise us and bring those very people to us. Where is our busyness? Maybe this experience can challenge our thinking and cause us to excel even more. Look at the enthusiasm of these men in the pictures below as the look at the pictures in the book and as they try to find their community on the map. (Indonesian Version)

Peresmian Perpustakaan CB Bau-Bau tanggal 22 Januari 2011 dilakukan Walikota Bau-Bau. Peresmian ini menandai dibukanya regional baru CB, yakni Regional Sulawesi bagian Selatan, yang mencakup wilayah Sulawesi Selatan dan Sulawesi Tenggara

Walaupun Kantor regional akan berada di Makassar, namun CB Bau-Bau menjadi Perpustakaan Kota perama CB di regioanal ini. Hal ini dikarenakan antusias dan dorongan pemerintah sangat kuat dan kepedulian masyarakat sangat tinggi.

Di Regional Sulawesi bagian Selatan ini, CB akan membuka di tahun 2011 sedikitnya dua Perpustakaan Kota, yakni di Kota Bau-Bau dan Makassar (segera), 1 Taman Bacaan di Raha dan 28 Pos Baca.   (Read English Version)