Passing one book after another, over 4,000 people formed a four-kilometer human chain to transfer the last batch of more than 500,000 books stored at Cyprus's state university on Monday. /VCG Photo

Standing in a "knowledge chain" for two hours, the volunteers moved approximately 600 books between the old and new University of Cyprus’s libraries. /VCG Photo

The marathon move was aimed to raise public awareness in reading and attract book lovers to visit the brand new library, Xinhua reported. /VCG Photo

The school library is the biggest in Cyprus and is also linked online with all other libraries of the island. /VCG Photo