(MENAFN) The Australian News South Wales State Library was revealed to be seeking to encourage reading and literacy among the community.
The oldest library in the country was also confirmed to have presented various activities within its premises in order to celebrate the World Book Day.
Speaking to Xinhua, manager of research and discovery Maggie Patton said "with collections of more than 6 million items including books in foreign languages, in particular Chinese, a lot of them are available to read on site, but we also lend them through our public library network."
The manager further told the news agency that "we also have some much older manuscripts and rare books in Chinese as well."
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