Proceedings based on papers presented at the international symposium Reading as a Link between Generations: towards a More Cohesive Society organized in Hammamet, Tunisia from 21-23 September 2011 by the Tunisian Federation of the Friends of Library and Book Associations (FENNABIL) and IFLA's Literacy and Reading Section.

Includes bibliographical references.

Reading as a link between generations : towards a more cohesive society = La lecture, lien entre les g�en�erations : vers une soci�et�e plus solidaire / Ahmed Ksibi and Ivanka Stri�cevi�c -- Introduction = Introduction / Ahmed Ksibi and Ivanka Stri�cevi�c -- Towards an inclusive society : how libraries bridge generations = Vers une soci�et�e inclusive : les biblioth�eques comme ponts entre g�en�erations / Ingrid Parent -- L'interg�en�erationnel et les biblioth�eques : contexte et cadre th�eorique / Ahmed Ksibi -- Red�efinition des enjeux de "l'interg�en�erationnel" autour des pratiques de m�ediation �a la lecture / Bernadette Seibel -- Lecture et biblioth�eques face aux d�efis de l'interg�en�eration / Claude Poissenot -- T�emoignages : l'interg�en�erationnel entre patrimoine et science moderne / Abdelkarim Fourati -- L'Ecole congolaise et la rupture du lien de solidarit�e par la lecture / Macaire Mvula -- Developing a culture of reading in contemporary Bulgarian society : the role of libraries / Julia Savova -- Intergenerational exchange and dialogue : a culture of care in libraries that care / Ivanka Stri�cevi�c -- Promoting intergenerational dialogue through libraries and schools in Harare : towards a socially cohesive society / Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita -- La biblioth�eque, lien social, lien interg�en�erationnel au sein de la soci�et�e de l'information / Jean-Philippe Accart -- Le dialogue interg�en�erationnel dans les biblioth�eques de lecture publique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara : une action n�ecessaire �a la promotion du livre et des NTIC / Charles Kamdem Poeghela -- Getting in touch : communication and mutual help between generations ... when the library creates the event / Azzedine Bouderbane and Soumia Zahi -- Autour des livres et des r�ecits pour enfants, les g�en�erations se rencontrent / Genevi�eve Patte -- An act of love : examples of intergenerational reading programs in the world of IBBY : Mexico, Chile, Toronto / Patricia Aldana -- Projects of intergenerational reading from Scandinavia / Leikny Haga Indergaard -- Feeling needed, feeling loved, building community : one intergenerational reading program / Virginia A. Walter -- Des animations interg�en�erationnelles au coeur de la Petite Biblioth�eque Ronde / Caroline Simon -- Reading, the Internet, and family communication / Heyam Hayek -- La pratique du conte amateur comme travail de care chez les s�eniors : la transmission interg�en�erationnelle du conte / Abdelwahed Allouche -- Public libraries services for aged persons : a survey in East Algerian libraries / Nadjia Gamouh and Billel Bendjama -- How to utilise the expertise of retired professionals in libraries (KSA) / Khalil Al-Hamdi and Abdul Latif Al-Madhi -- Quand les b�en�evoles partagent leur plaisir de la lecture / Laurent Piolatto -- La Biblio Troubadour : un service de pr�et et d'animation litt�eraire adapt�e pour les a�in�es / Suzie Charbonneau -- The impact of the Internet and mobile phones on family relations in Pakistan / Muhammad Ijaz Mairaj and Widad Mustafa El-Hadi -- Les r�eseaux de lecture sur facebook : Le cas d'Arabesk et de Oasis litt�eraire / Bentenbi Chaibdraa Tani -- Bridging the mobile literacy gap : vocational students pass on their knacks and skillful knowledge of mobile phones / Ronald Spanier and Anita van der Stap -- The Tunisia declaration on libraries, reading and intergenerational dialogue = D�eclaration de Tunis sur les biblioth�eques, la lecture et le dialogue interg�en�erationnel.

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Papers in English or French with abstracts in both languages.