Literacy still crucial in digital age, says Mollet

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/02/2011 - 07:28 PA chief executive Richard Mollet has stressed the "political . . and social imperative to promote literacy", calling on delegates at the PA's second annual digital seminar to "do all we can to promote people and projects which support literacy". Giving the keynote speech at the Publishers Association's "Here and Now: The Digital and ebook Market 2011" seminar, Mollet rallied publishers to support literacy and the besieged library service. He asserted that it would remain just as crucial even as the digital world develops. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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