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Book Synopsis The Role of Public Libraries in the Transformation of African Society by : Jive Lubbungu
Download or read book The Role of Public Libraries in the Transformation of African Society written by Jive Lubbungu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject African Studies - Literature, grade: 1, Kwame Nkrumah University, language: English, abstract: The study examines the role of five public libraries in Kabwe whether they have lived up to their expected roles. The study is a case study using a qualitative paradigm, and data was collected through physical visitation to the libraries. Data collection instruments used were an observation guide and a semi-structured interview guide. 5 library staff were interviewed, one from each library, while 3 library users were interviewed from each library. Libraries are the purveyor of information, custodian of knowledge, and the house of learning and play a vital role in the development of any society by catering for information needs of thousands of people within a particular community. Reding (2005) adds that libraries in our societies are stewards of our heritage, organisers of the knowledge in the books they collect, they take the knowledge of the past and present and lay it down for the future. Libraries are considered to be agents of educational, social, economic and political changes or revolutions in the community and their doors are now open to all who need them. The present study examines the role of five public libraries in Kabwe whether they have lived up to their expected roles. The study revealed there was understaffing in the libraries coupled with demotivation. Presence of outdated books and lack of publicity on the existence of the libraries resulted in a low number of patrons to the libraries. Those who visited the libraries were either using their own materials or simply went to access newspapers to learn about current affairs. The study further revealed that there was an average of 15 people per day who accessed the library. Further, none of the interviewed library users visited the library for recreational reading but to prepare for exams or read the newspaper for current affairs. However, the library authorities were in the process of putting in place plans to encourage the communities to appreciate the existence of the libraries. Some plans underway included library commemoration activities in June 2019 whose theme is "Library =(is equal) to strong communities" and the introduction of a pre-school at Makululu compound Environmental Public Information Centre (EPIC) among others. In view of the above findings, the paper argues that the role of the libraries in transformation of communities in Kabwe still remains an illusion, as a lot needs to be done if the book has to leave a footprint in society. The study further argues that in the absence of the latest materials that also caters all fields, the community cannot be inspired to visit the library. Ultimately, produce a cadre of people who do not put premium in reading, thereby breed a society that is not critical. One of the major footprints of the book is that people become educated and learn how to conform to their behaviours. Perhaps this explains why most youths in Kabwe indulge themselves in alcohol abuse because libraries do not exist in their minds as recreational centres.
Book Synopsis Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts by : Dent, Valeda F.
Download or read book Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts written by Dent, Valeda F. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book investigates the relationship between local libraries and community development, from the historical roots of rural libraries to their influence on the literacy, economy, and culture of the surrounding region"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Libraries in East Africa by : Anna-Britta Wallenius
Download or read book Libraries in East Africa written by Anna-Britta Wallenius and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1971 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom Libraries written by Mike Selby and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into how Freedom Libraries were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, and the remarkable courage of the people who used them. As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only, and there was another virtually unheard of struggle— the right to read.
Book Synopsis Early Public Libraries and Colonial Citizenship in the British Southern Hemisphere by : Lara Atkin
Download or read book Early Public Libraries and Colonial Citizenship in the British Southern Hemisphere written by Lara Atkin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access Pivot book is a comparative study of six early colonial public libraries in nineteenth-century Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Drawing on networked conceptualisations of empire, transnational frameworks, and ‘new imperial history’ paradigms that privilege imbricated colonial and metropolitan ‘intercultures’, it looks at the neglected role of public libraries in shaping a programme of Anglophone civic education, scientific knowledge creation, and modernisation in the British southern hemisphere. The book’s six chapters analyse institutional models and precedents, reading publics and types, book holdings and catalogues, and regional scientific networks in order to demonstrate the significance of these libraries for the construction of colonial identity, citizenship, and national self-government as well as charting their influence in shaping perceptions of social class, gender, and race. Using primary source material from the recently completed ‘Book Catalogues of the Colonial Southern Hemisphere’ digital archive, the book argues that public libraries played a formative role in colonial public discourse, contributing to broader debates on imperial citizenship and nation-statehood across different geographic, cultural, and linguistic borders.
Book Synopsis Public Libraries in Africa by : Aissa Issak
Download or read book Public Libraries in Africa written by Aissa Issak and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Librarianship as a Bridge to an Information and Knowledge Society in Africa by : Alli Mcharazo
Download or read book Librarianship as a Bridge to an Information and Knowledge Society in Africa written by Alli Mcharazo and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge Management was the theme of the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL XVII) in 2006. This selection of conference papers provides a cross-disciplinary approach to knowledge, information and development and how the three together can mould a new and more informed society. The challenge is to make our libraries more people-centered and Afro-centric, not simply serving the interests of the elite and paying little attention to the plight of the less well off. This needs to change, with libraries becoming more inclusive and serving the needs of all. These papers raise provocative questions, and provide an insight into the struggle of information services in this part of Africa to be part of an emerging information and knowledge society.
Book Synopsis Development of Public Libraries in Africa by :
Download or read book Development of Public Libraries in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library Statistics for the Twenty-first Century World by : Michael Heaney
Download or read book Library Statistics for the Twenty-first Century World written by Michael Heaney and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Federation of Library Associations began a global statistics project in relation to worldwide libraries in 2006. The results are reported here from all over the world and there are several papers specifically on public libraries and university libraries.
Book Synopsis African Libraries by : Adolphe O. Amadi
Download or read book African Libraries written by Adolphe O. Amadi and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa Publisher :Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books ISBN 13 : Total Pages :136 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (7 download)
Book Synopsis The Scolma Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa by : Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa
Download or read book The Scolma Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa written by Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa and published by Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books. This book was released on 1973 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Role of Public Libraries in the Transformation of African Society by : Jive Lubbungu
Download or read book The Role of Public Libraries in the Transformation of African Society written by Jive Lubbungu and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa Publisher :Hamden, Conn : Archon Books ISBN 13 : Total Pages :106 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Scolma Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa by : Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa
Download or read book The Scolma Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa written by Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa and published by Hamden, Conn : Archon Books. This book was released on 1967 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Library of Congress. African Section Publisher :Washington, Library of Congress ISBN 13 : Total Pages :78 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis African Libraries, Book Production, and Archives by : Library of Congress. African Section
Download or read book African Libraries, Book Production, and Archives written by Library of Congress. African Section and published by Washington, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1962 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Between Sisters written by Adwoa Badoe and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl. When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to school. Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church and Christine has even promised to teach her to read. But Kumasi is also full of temptations -- the owner of a popular clothing shop encourages her to buy on credit, and the smooth-talking Dr. Kusi offers Gloria rides in his sports car. Eventually Gloria is betrayed by the people around her and is disillusioned by her new life. But in the end she decides who she can trust, and draws on her own considerable inner resources to put the bad experiences behind her. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Book Synopsis The Quiet Struggle by : Rodney Paul Sturges
Download or read book The Quiet Struggle written by Rodney Paul Sturges and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised edition (first edition, 1990), includes two completely new chapters (2 and 6). It covers the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa, taking into account South Africa, with much more focus than the first edition on areas using languages other than English or African languages (e.g. French). It presents arguments and offers possible solutions for the problems and issues surrounding information and libraries for the people of Africa. The two new chapters on information needs and existing responses in African communities, and ideas and experiments for new information services to the whole community make this a very 'people-centred' approach.
Book Synopsis Reading Spaces in South Africa, 1850–1920s by : Archie L. Dick
Download or read book Reading Spaces in South Africa, 1850–1920s written by Archie L. Dick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voluntary societies and government initiatives stimulated the growth of reading communities in South Africa in the second half of the nineteenth century. A system of Parliamentary grants to establish public libraries in country towns and villages nurtured a lively reading culture. A condition was that the library should be open free-of-charge to the general public. This became one more reading space, and others included book societies, reading societies, literary societies, debating societies, mechanics institutes, and mutual improvement societies. This Element explains how reading communities used these spaces to promote cultural and literary development in a unique ethos of improvement, and to raise political awareness in South Africa's colonial transition to a Union government and racial segregation.
