International exchange on reading promotion and reading research

“Lesen weltweit“, the English- and German-language portal for the dissemination of information on institutions and projects active in the field of reading promotion from many countries, now features the “Reading worldwide“ Wiki. This open work and communication platform shall enable and support international knowledge transfer in the field of reading promotion and respective research. “Reading worldwide” is offered by the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) in co-operation with Stiftung Lesen, the German Reading Foundation.

The newly launched Wiki allows users to upload contents, or to process and annotate existing ones. New projects in the field of reading promotion are featured on “Reading worldwide“ as well as current findings from research on reading, The platform collects facts and figures on reading behaviours in many countries, and offers a glossary of definitions for terms that are relevant to reading promotion and reading research. Experts from theory and practice in the field are welcome to

• submit their own project descriptions and thus introduce them to many interested readers,
  
• add terms and definitions to the glossary,
  
• present new studies and findings from the field of reading research
  
• and contribute further facts and figures regarding reading behavior in different countries.

Online address of the “Reading worldwide“ Wiki: http://wiki.bildungsserver.de/Reading-worldwide

Online address of the “Reading Worldwide“ portal “:
http://www.reading-worldwide.de/zeigen_e.html  

DIPF: Christine Schuster
Stiftung Lesen: Carolin Seelmann
Press Contact: Philip Stirm

Press release, January 16, 2012 (pdf)