Public libraries in Malta and Gozo in the first 10 months of this year lent 23,000 more books than last year for a total of 695,000 books. Gozo accounted for 10,000 of the increase, with Nadur library lending 22,472 books, the highest number for a regional library in all of Malta and Gozo. 

Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said said such figures were a certificate for local councils, which had assumed responsibility for regional libraries, where most of the increases were registered. 

He was speaking before presenting certificates to 17 Gozitan libraries who have just completed a short course organised by the Malta Library and Information Association and the Department of Local Government. There are 10 regional libraries in Gozo. The government over the past three years gave €75,000 to the councils for the purchase of books. 

 

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