A wonderful opportunity to see first hand the services and facilities and meet fellow professionals and develop new support networks.īeautiful fresh fruit and vegetables are sold at the markets in every town and village. In July 2014, the previous Coordinator, Margarida was sponsored by the group, and undertook a study tour of Public and University libraries in Melbourne. Under the guidance of Geelong Library CEO Patti Manolis, the group has raised funds for Community Libraries in Gleno and Maliana, both towns to the west of Dili as well as for the Reading Room.
The Reading Room has had a long standing partnership with ‘Libraries for Timor Leste’ a donor group of Librarians in Melbourne. There is no local publishing industry, but the printing industry does a roaring trade… you can get anything copied, be it a 300 page book or a 10 page art catalogue, and at a reasonable price. There are also some materials in the local Timorese dialects. Some of the Children’s picture books and early learners books in Tetum are designed and produced in Australia and made available online free of charge for anyone to print and photocopy. The collections in the library are in four main languages, Tetum, the local language, Portuguese, English and Indonesian. Timor is off the beaten track and expensive to visit so those making the trip usually find themselves laden with requests to bring hard to get or unavailable items. My school friend from Opotiki, Anne Larkey visiting the Museum on a whirlwind tour of Timor.
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