Through the month of December, in recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3rd), the GBA twitter feed featured a series of five posts that highlighted ways to increase the accessibility of books for children.
GBA Signs on to SDG Publisher’s Compact
The GBA is proud to sign onto the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Publisher’s Compact. As an advocate of local book publishers, the GBA plans to leverage its role as an alliance to convene partners to develop, localize and scale book supply chain projects that will advance progress on SDG 4, Quality Education.
Reading Loss During COVID-19: Early Data
The GBA was established in the recognition of the crucial role of books in the development of literacy skills, and the pervasive challenges in ensuring access. Across the globe, as coronavirus cases surge and schools in many countries are either fully or partially closed, access to books is more inequitable than ever.
Creative Commons 2020 Global Summit
How to Contribute Books to the Global Digital Library
The GBA Welcomes a New Deputy Chair
Covid-19 Content in Underserved Languages Added to the Global Digital Library
GBA Steering Committee member All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR:GCD), has recently announced important progress on one of GBA’s flagship initiatives, the Begin with Books prize, with the contribution of age-appropriate early grade reading content related to Covid-19 to the Global Digital Library.
Webinar: Expecting the Unexpected...(Mis)Adventures in Managing Book Supply Chains
GBA Partnerships in Practice: The Business of Books
Panelists at the Global Book Alliance’s recent International Literacy Day webinar focused on the ‘Business of Books’ believe books should be viewed as an essential commodity, a commodity that can support and energize children to thrive in times of crisis and calm. This post discusses how, like other essential commodities, books demand a market-based approach to ensure they are developed to answer the needs of their readers and land safely in their hands.
