25 February 2012

Alumni Resource Center will join the BookCrossing movement!

This February Alumni Resource Center will join the BookCrossing movement! Therefore, if you have books you would like to donate or share, please bring them to the office (vul. Esplanadna 20, 6th floor, Kyiv) in care of ARC. The language of your books can be any.

What is BookCrossing?
It's the World's Library. It's a celebration of literature and a place where books get new life. BookCrossing is the act of giving a book a unique identity so, as the book is passed from reader to reader, it can be tracked and thus connecting its readers.

BookCrossing History!
Ron Hornbaker conceived the idea for what is now known as BookCrossing in March 2001. About four weeks later, on April 17, he launched the website, which has expanded and grown throughout the world. By April 2003 the website had over 113,000 members, and in 2004 the Concise Oxford Dictionary included the word "bookcrossing". In the same year, BookCrossing was featured as a part of a storyline in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In the same year, BookCrossing had good start in Croatia too, thanks to Velimir Schubert. As of 23 July 2010, Bookcrossing.com had over 871,000 members, with over 6,427,000 registered books.

In July 2007 Singapore became the first official BookCrossing country in the world. In an initiative launched together with the National Library of Singapore, 2,000 locations within the country were designated as 'hotspots', similar to Official BookCrossing Zones. In 2008, BookCrossing was introduced to Abu Dhabi as part of a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage. In 2010. BookCrossing Zones were introduced in Serbia.

What's our mission?
Very simply, we aim to connect people through books.

How do we do it?
Label. Share. Follow. Breath new life into books instead of letting your old favorites collect dust - pass them along to another reader. BookCrossing is free to join and free to play. So don't be 'shelf'ish with your books - read and release

VERY SOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXCHANGE BOOKS AT THE ARC, AMERICAN COUNCILS!

Picture: http://www.bookcrossing.com/press