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The Development And Decline Of Public Libraries In Egypt
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Book Synopsis The Development and Decline of Public Libraries in Egypt by : Elizabeth Nicolas Bouri
Download or read book The Development and Decline of Public Libraries in Egypt written by Elizabeth Nicolas Bouri and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyses the circumstances leading to the development and current decline of public libraries in Egypt and advances a new interpretation of this phenomenon, based on a "problem context" approach. In addition to the internal dynamics that have provided the rationale for the establishment of the public libraries, Egypt, like many other developing countries, was also exposed to external influences. The convergence between the national and international forces is at the core of the proposed interpretation of development and current decline of public libraries in Egypt. After 1945 UNESCO's international discourse encouraged fundamental education and the development of public libraries as operational tools of education. The linkage between education and national development ushered in an era of "education for development" during which public libraries witnessed remarkable growth in Egypt. Public library development has come to a standstill and even declined since the early 1970s, however. In the late 1960s, the dominant international discourse about development shifted under the influence of dependency theory to emphasize the need for developing countries to develop from within. Information for development became an almost self-evident requirement. The concept grew out of the realization that information fosters endogenous development by helping countries' decision-makers make optimal use of their local resources. The new international discourse worked its way into Egyptian policymaking in the early 1970s. The emerging idealization of information as the missing element in the pursuit of national development created a new policy environment. For decision-makers the government established highly specialized information handling centers, such as the Cabinet Information Decision Support Center (IDSC), and funded them generously with encouragement from international donors. Traditionally, public library decline is attributed to local factors and issues of scarcity. In the case of Egypt, however, factors of scarcity are better interpreted as symptoms than as underlying causes of the decline of public libraries. This study maintains that the current state of decline of public libraries in Egypt is primarily a consequence of public policy choices precipitated by a shift in national and international development priorities, not of factors inherent in the country's political, social and cultural fabric
Book Synopsis ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VELLORE DISTRICT by : Aariefa Basheer
Download or read book ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VELLORE DISTRICT written by Aariefa Basheer and published by Laxmi Book Publication. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Public Library is aptly called as Common Men University and serves to the public to enlight them on the principal of democracy. The roles of the public libraries are highly appreciated since they are serving to all walks of life where as the other types of libraries are serving to heterogeneous groups for instance, a university library is work for the academics and researchers of its parent university. The public library as a social institution, it is an instrumental for social developments and as well as supplemental to the informal educational system of the society.
Book Synopsis Dissertation Abstracts International by :
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-10 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis International and Comparative Librarianship by : Peter Johan Lor
Download or read book International and Comparative Librarianship written by Peter Johan Lor and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 949 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for the field and covers the full range of international relations among libraries and information services, with particular attention to the international political economy of information, the international diffusion of innovations and policy in library and information services, LIS development and international aid. It concludes with a discussion of the practical relevance and future of international and comparative studies in LIS. See a short interview with Peter Lor on his work https://www.ifla.org/node/92590
Book Synopsis Do Libraries Still Exist? by : Radwa Magdy Shehata
Download or read book Do Libraries Still Exist? written by Radwa Magdy Shehata and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Public libraries are vital public agencies consist of the knowledge empowerment and the information accessibility. This study focuses on the role of public libraries toward serving society in Egypt. It addresses various provided services as well as the actual beneficiaries. The collected data is based on a qualitative study through semi structured interviews with librarians to focus on the existing functionality of public libraries. The main question is how the Egyptian public libraries can serve the society with the concentrate on the challenges they are facing and the possible opportunities for effective utilization. The interview data reflect the strong social mission that libraries have and their role in providing reference and reader services aside from organizing varied activities and supporting the lifelong learning. The study demonstrated the actual challenges which included the librarians’ limited training chances as well as their low wages. In addition to the uncooperative polices by the government and the lack of financial resources which required efficient running of the public libraries. On the other hand, the opportunities included the chances to enhance the librarians’ skills, raising fund, new policies that encouraged cooperation programs among libraries and other organizations, and the buildings spaces’ utilization as well as strengthening the infrastructure.
Book Synopsis Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons by : Gomez, Ricardo
Download or read book Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons written by Gomez, Ricardo and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public venues are vital to information access across the globe, yet few formal studies exist of the complex ways people in developing countries use information technologies in public access places.Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons presents groundbreaking research on the new challenges and opportunities faced by public libraries, community telecentres, and cybercafés that offer public access to computers and other information and communication technologies. Written in plain language, the book presents an in-depth analysis of the spaces that serve underserved populations, bridge "digital divides," and further social and economic development objectives, including employability. With examples and experiences from around the world, this book sheds light on a surprising and understudied facet of the digital revolution at a time when effective digital inclusion strategies are needed more than ever.
Book Synopsis Libraries in the Ancient World by : Lionel Casson
Download or read book Libraries in the Ancient World written by Lionel Casson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
Book Synopsis Library & Information Science Abstracts by :
Download or read book Library & Information Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Libraries written by Jason König and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Book Synopsis Reading between the "Red Lines" by :
Download or read book Reading between the "Red Lines" written by and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2005 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report details ongoing government restrictions on classroom discussions, research projects, student activities, campus demonstrations and university governance. The report addresses conditions in public institutions including Cairo, Alexandria, `Ain Shams, and Hilwan Universities, and private institutions like the American University in Cairo."--Publisher website
Book Synopsis A History of the Development of Public Libraries in Alabama by : Alabama Public Library Service
Download or read book A History of the Development of Public Libraries in Alabama written by Alabama Public Library Service and published by . This book was released on 1970* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Middle East, Abstracts and Index by :
Download or read book The Middle East, Abstracts and Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 7 - Derunov: Konstantin Nikolaevitch by : Allen Kent
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 7 - Derunov: Konstantin Nikolaevitch written by Allen Kent and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1972-03-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
Book Synopsis The Library of Alexandria by : Roy MacLeod
Download or read book The Library of Alexandria written by Roy MacLeod and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.
Book Synopsis Current Index to Journals in Education by :
Download or read book Current Index to Journals in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt by : Katelijn Vandorpe
Download or read book A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt written by Katelijn Vandorpe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and multidisciplinary Companion to Egypt during the Greco‐Roman and Late Antique period With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt offers a comprehensive resource that covers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starting with the liberation of Egypt from Persian rule by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and ending in AD 642, when Arab rule started in the Nile country. The Companion takes a largely sociological perspective and includes a section on life portraits at the end of each part. The theme of identity in a multicultural environment and a chapter on the quality of life of Egypt's inhabitants clearly illustrate this objective. The authors put the emphasis on the changes that occurred in the Greco-Roman and Late Antique periods, as illustrated by such topics as: Traditional religious life challenged; Governing a country with a past: between tradition and innovation; and Creative minds in theory and praxis. This important resource: Discusses how Egypt became part of a globalizing world in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times Explores notable innovations by the Ptolemies and Romans Puts the focus on the longue durée development Offers a thematic and multidisciplinary approach to the subject, bringing together scholars of different disciplines Contains life portraits in which various aspects and themes of people’s daily life in Egypt are discussed Written for academics and students of the Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt period, this Companion offers a guide that is useful for students in the areas of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and New Testament studies.
