Read-Cycling
Read-cycling is a charity in Hong Kong dedicated to books and book lovers.
They have been working hand-in-hand with like-minded organizations, schools, corporations and individuals in the past 13 years to bring a second life to used books. Their main mission is to organize cultural events in various formats with an aim to make reading an essential part of everyday life.
"During our Experiential Learning period in the library, we supported the routine work of the organization such as rearranging books, doing promotional shoots, and coordinating book trips for primary and secondary school students. Besides, we also successfully launched a new event called Little Librarian Training with nearly 100 students from 5 schools participating. We were very fortunate to receive great feedback from students and teachers."
-Jessica Chau, Molly Mao, Jacky Pan
Routine work
Take Promotional Pics
Take promotional photos to post on Read-Cycling's social media
Organize Donated Books
Arrange and organize free books biweekly to maintain its tidiness.
Assist Book Trip
Assist PPO Library staff to host book trips for secondary and primary school students to select free books.
Track Book Inventory
With a list of books for the online bookstore, we stocktake each book available in the library and keep the record correct.
Subdivide Books
Help further classify books into sub categories, such as dividing Modern Literature into Hong Kong Literature, Taiwan Literature and Mainland China Literature.
Promote New Events
Except for the Little Librarian Training, our team also promotes programmes organized by Read-Cycling to teachers and schools.
Events
Little Librarian Workshops
Primary and secondary schools are invited to participate in the October special program "Librarian Training Day".
In addition to the free book selection, volunteers from the University of Hong Kong will also hold a Book Classification Workshop to introduce book classification and help everyone make bookmarks.
Through this activity, we hope that students can learn more about books from various aspects and understand the meaning of book classification and protection.
Preparation Work
Group Discussion
Meeting with RC Colleagues
Contact Schools and Teachers
Course Content
Book Classification Workshop PPT
DIY Bookmark PPT
Happy Moments
Feedback
Cross Projects
Having class with local students from AKA
Volunteers from BBRC sharing funny stories on Little Librarian Training day
Students listening carefully in the Book Classification section
English stories sharing time
Ms Yen visiting PPO
Volunteers from Elderly Center helping out on Little Librarian Workshop
RC_Final ProductCOME AND HAVE A LOOK! ヾ(◍°∇°◍)ﾉﾞ
Final Product
From the event we held during the past few weeks, we also learned about the importance of appropriate commucation among different societies.
So we made a quite funny video about how to communicate with parents, students and even your teammates as a new teacher in school.
Our Team
Jessica Chau
This is my first internship in library management. I gained an unexpected event experience and the best teammates!
Molly Mao
The experience offered me a great opportunity to see how charity work. "Giving is always more delightful than taking".
Jacky Pan
It was my first time joining a charity for the book-lover community. It is definitely a memorable experience.
Capstone Poster
Jessica Chau
Molly MAO
