Institute of

I F

E BrooDe Eve

Knud Larsen

Evans Gert

Too Nabeta

Edited

a emus

Institute of Afri an Studies

PREFACE

2~ LIBRARY SERVICES IN

J Evans

3 LIBRfu~IES AhID LIBRARY PROBLEMS r1arianne

LIBRfuC(IES Larsen

LIBRARY IN EAST

5

6 ADULT EDUCATION IN AFRICA POSSIBILITIES PROBLEMS

39

6

7 BOO}ffi FOR THE PEOPLE~ AN

LIBRARY SERVICE IN TAI\lGANYIKA EoM Br-o orne

8 cmWLUDING REI1ARKS Gert Hornwall

CONTRIBUTORS

TN

c r'e a

of

t e ea

i t

ne

Afro-S⁰ arid Lrrav i

et ^-~­v

i cliffi

to t

f e r-e nc in

s ornewhat initiat

f' tl1.8

Bianohini bl~ariaIl co:n£'erenoe

s ^w.i,th the

sh National at the

Soandinavian Insti c

servioe different seotors of of' Africa invit as

the ^{is i'OT'} s

s e Le ot t s in

itut s to t all the

i r generos t

i t

expres she t ere

the onferenc

ier s

9

I

has

service s

acconro-arrv Geof!:I"a1)hi.c a^,LL the

f'

IDBmgrove centre

and the

s ep es ss of GhfuLa

ider a se

s that an

eyes of the ermined

in

C Educati e e ame

of

to essent

been s i f idered

een established i t and libraries

the educational libI"aries

say libraries the

of life

TI-IE DAYS

In 5 ^{libraries Ghana as}

then

c

1 the use t ^C

and no considerat books for

had been the ques ion f

i f a existed.

t

e

as

o a c

in i t le

react in c

ibraries of intere I had een appointed

1 i t e cra

, But i t was years

i:,<terested

limited to a small

need er

s t the ne ss le the sett ews on

as far as the Brit

he and

select c ormmm L restricted

for libraries

of a service In pass i t e mentioned that Ghana was

s

e serve as

s

efs -

a select

e

British i l s

all snallest

ar can trave rders f

t tI1.e But this

not s in roads in the Afric

erri ories e

As s as left

erite roads

e the

nee traffic. treacherous in the

weather s in the but at were

c nego arrd tI1.e car

lis

Deal. t

c a l l t c

vis

cbi

a Lr-o

al

in the first ~nstancc

118 ibrarian

This was trans interpreter t

t i n t

latter ¹¹⁰ understand

sl1- the chief aris wer- the 1

c

e lac

s

s is ^-I-c,;

a

1 as a st

1 t es V,,",,'-J_L-LV

wa.s

set

s aDe

s rary

services effec ive c t of

t In

10 t er that

service _VLV~'0iJendent s atutory

':':"he reason this at Lrie ⁵ wa s the first S-C of se

had appeared -Cs were suspect in the

ris t t wa.s es sentLaj ^_L

libraries SL-10n^{-L •}

I t has

oard l S s ici

t

e

18 ..(1

r a

set

f _J~sl1.anti'"

s

as tl'lG n

the st

and e teachers tl"le

ce all

e

Ira.d t :Srit i sh ,:=; i l s

i t was s t s year, were

s

st

s

a sec: o no

0.1 s es aders

8t e

raries these s es ^e

A spe ia1 ervt e

.

e e s ce

s the

C_....I t

re s

20 Lume s , Service s

of the life of the staff was t

libraries

ss that was be e.

e the s that de

s t i l l

people and the increas demand et? was a

sati indication that the rk of Bo t gone

ticed

FINAIICE

Uhen n.ew pro ects as 1 services most

deve territories are onsiderab outside agencies,

Ghana is one i f t the such c which

has had no he from these sources. There has een no aid Unesc the British ouncil or any the well-known foundations. The

from the Carne C of s was to the Go

Coast Government well efore the foundation ⁰ Board and

this was wise used for staff t internal

s arid interes t is of whole

fuLd need of the people of ountry the

service from of the

een a success As a des project has

Ghana the

itself instead of offered outside has

a firm foundation to ^{rra s} ecome of the educa-, tional se of the country

The maj of the income of the Board comes from the Central GoVeTIllilent I t forms a subvention within the finances of the lUnis of Education. I is suppleDented small O"1"<,>,nr S - in- aid froB local authorities in the es wl1ere the r libraries are established I t is that there vdll be a

substantial increase in the localautho s as becoue more selI-,suLDIJort ~ but are all themselves sub~idi~ed t.h.e Central Government, so the present s are pure token ^SUDS The Prisons D also s a shIall for the service which

the Board offers to the the country

i t had ,000 for

t over ten years.

was £'15 5

increase in for recurrent

the Government subvent

projects A In

risen to £10 deve

s

e

s

ess s

creat

oist l i t t l e

reas

one e ,

course 81[s

Ll01Ltl1S t States.

Unite

oks be s

to th 21..gen

L1ult ose cards and tl18 S c k c az-d s , are

c

catal05LLLc.L5 is c antr....ctl es eive cards o

the ok s in tIle s arc

aiIIO at

are

responsible pro e ^.ion o t.ho br-an ch o s

in thei 01"18^Sf In to coss G ales

c

s i

wil travel to the

To syst uanual

was to each nenber

een issued

I is central ^{. L 'r n i.n•}

the tion o:f

ideas are carri

For instance as an

in

b.c)a,=lqucl.rters t

s is very :f the ibraries

and is erest in adr.:1inistration

LIBRf±.:::lIE~)

Ghan.a d L l L L L H L Stra t and each

11 t t.he r-o

are :five re

re le librarian art ant

person and st.af f' sitions The

librarian s resp :for the devel 1

thin his in this respect. The

estab1is o o rrt r-os s 1 entire and tile

librari tour the

denand and ne :for oaks, encourage the local authorities to take

an interest couodati ch the

and use o:f the centres :for the possible eventual deve1Ar,n,~n Lnt o librarians s

are his responsibili encourage and

within his 1 GS

sta:f:f post and s

e sends in

and :forwards copies of ers both :f tho work in the reports to

and in the ro

orts o s. The central

e de go referonce :faeilities

as we 1 as children s services and :fine bui.L~'.L"iS have o ori and are be up at each o:f the centres. In addition to the norl:1al

o

is ^C'c- i

the candidates Publici

talks and scho s 0.1

S ¹

o

ons o s occasional

ok.s ,

e1 o i f t s thre

c es

s library

tories, s f

raries staff are avai

sna11er hands ^r:.l011.

exanination

o wi

s are assistant

ness ^{r ,}

t c or-tant

1 't.owri is Dade in ⁰ a

this reas nakes

t

s e s , '-"he th

the he ^1J1 fact natter

conplete is per-for-rrod

sooeone re or district

or even a the ^o

in s

Each of es as a

stock, This s f s t t es, was careful

with considorat the needs of readers as a result

wa t c h on the the use of books r libraries,

le

e o

s

c

re elope a

clT'ge a o c .L *

on, crea e

un c o t

whe t ^{1112tt t}

itera a brary e

n e s cL

s s s t the f'rom o ^.L-t.,

e

st

okca~es. es for easy

.C' •

J..1 were tted

and s e open to where

s ci

entres .LUlU.';;C.LS

e s t

jects se are

rec a s o

the i i f ossib e,

recent ₁ rary are circulated each

the selec ions,

f books i c ains

is c cke

as a rece

s

es te

1 raries the service

these areas the s crease, The main

dis 11"1 st instillLce was the lack of

'-L"b.LO'vt con act the reade this was eventual renedied w.i.t h

lace at a were tied

t a t arrive at

i1 is

le 1 braries

the ion f the

Boox B "^'--'

As used the

wheels in that i t es

an enornous fleet of done in is

s c

t erri t";riesl

time every other deve

vehic es i t severe linit the areas that could be served The main ect f the Board is overall distribution of oks ,

and has een are muLt f'

t ther o at Lo n s and _A~;_LI.U~-'-G"'S

are effec ed The le is zoned for the purpose of and vehicles are based on all of the re onal libraries,

I s . s

se

s

c ""uut t t 1

es.

st as soon as

i t is s at

f Ghana s e

reElenb is s 11 a illiteracy

the country so s

the lose lon is

naintained fri iest relations exis e en

staff and teachers. Vis classes to the libraries school

are enc 1 c ornnod.at e

e 1 or

The s one ⁰

the posts ¹¹

is spons

e book of c:'lildren

ludes the of staff

in extension lic relations lici and

s on, sto hours are he in Dost of the ^TS libraries,

and have v o r-y s ories are to bo t11 in tI1G

vernacular and in ^{lS£1.• 1} concent"raClo^{.L, " .} of the children is such that, vh'len at a recent s ory two children were woved

fron a stoo o le a r t nove i

tlle t o takG Cl ldren stood up and sat

down thout i r eyes ff the st eller, 2ssay

conpetitions invo ooks and libraries are also run tl"lG

children s the offi ers

all possi le In one case -the 1 cal erest in

the c etitions as a result of which three silver cups and a shield.

were as s arid ttle Bo bool;

Se e

s s

s s

s t 0

s all chi

e s

inc s

s11

t s

year

I t issues

i es

frican In c h are interes

i

.i..libli Series dea sub e ts of inte

res s een st _s expec eo the

1 eventual become se i of J.na s National

STAFF

I have e le s aff t D . J . . L L l . . U 5 ' In the

spe a ,gr dea

s e the Dri sh

so iat \vere awarded

es the staLf to att s

t the expansi s e r-v i.c e s

es

e s

i e

se

t

are es s ch oo Ls

a.mpor-te.nc e

c e

ia

5

t f

for genera in

n1..1DOer i

so ial el~lS^@

2

Lus s

the e1

all.

cational 1oT:lL}eri I t is __ to full

s e re

c e rrrpl.Ettii s

i

es s

e

e s

al e

tio ^E

ral Ce i

se classes rrumo e r- r

various s o ons are

t

s oun !s

t ^o s thi

os

t a s s s

e c t to maint

to iterate r

of a te at

ssi for t

s

i l i t y 0

e eft i r e le al In

Education in No rn Rho s ^r i eracy

campaigns are cessi of schoo

GU"HlllUlli libraries abili

A aile raries to

s e e n

Parr of libraries

c s i Lus

sys e et the rap dl ng re i

the resent rec or of r-ar-y

The aim s t st ish efficie

e rc

be sl ^r- are re se the earliest

928 s ho^ws that, apart ort from

raries arc

ic-l desia, where t

H"'~"~Qan se tleme of

s

In Z

s

SD.

V \ J u..n cLk ,

In

these exe

the

years a nsi ,.re ^,oas

the

e

e respons the

ob eot of ex libraries

The tl'le

or:

of Edl~ca t 11.8..s c IJIinister

BoarcL

t is c

t

e t c s e

o e •

e

es blish

free of

onal Deve^{.Lo omeri}

een

have succe

marry posit;

s

intensified ^t

s ^e

nore

career t Iona

e as

service

een ial t owris

of in-s

t a

next

in Lusaka staff are zer of the le

assistance fron

vii11 be

of years There are certain

warrant branch ibraries, i

s

011

But is

at t,^{U . V A..cv}'v.

starte

side the c i t

Chief Librarian catalo::;"ler respective and ess

or

these are to be est

5

t and a short full~,tine course

Plans are also nacle for the establishnent of libraries in all schools to be o cIce d supplied and naintained a School

o:f

able 1 to

es a

lack

i-iS

s

at

I:1unic

c t

tour o

the t.owns e

e

stress t tl'le

books to

c0mmeJPc e

servi es s

gazet 11 as s

ext e 1

lic arid

ervi e I t

are 1')088i

therefore propos t11G e

should provide to each muriLc Loa Lri

to s and cont

catalogue raa.in t enanc e expenses while the respons-'-'J..L.L.L oc r i

e to a s ui. and c orrt r-Lbut e r

of the co

s

year course re :for

brarians 0 1 s posts Cours

are available at the East African School 0 Lio.r-a.r-a arrs na at Makerere Univers but es ted0 I t is suggested

e

a es

er

a s

I

Lori

I

a f t t the Eoumon t.oa.L

Corunamo r-a of

friendsh Africa.

s

'Y'.c'!O\rd z a tions the

response

The attract signed

ed Kitwe e

floor established i t wi

The ain of is to the wor-k be

fare

c ornaun.i to

er::lpl:las is s

e

e

at e a.nrruo.L fee

011. "[:1'18 rl--'espon-

t

as e good

si

pers peop

t t i l l

to ro

opposed

as their tl1is

frio is s don

student aceo I t is

6 year

e

i f there is at al.l

el trio t is no t

ers

o s arid t

i

i ct at

so riarry

i r e

1-Tl o

s ok ro

e e

l i t t l e

i el~

tract

f or- tl11S

ist of re

i s he

o or s

offi ia l i t i a second to ^L.10st

not rro r-ma s one effort to

ster a But a

oc errt art cl

the wi te rea is d.ir-e 't y for

r.iat er-L

is st L tl1e c in st

l

Gre

3

Eerr education

t PIal1-

tho Feclerat and in

UI1GSC

cs sias l11

arl 9

librarian ^III iLfri

ia

s

vast ^t that i t i

a Even the t

arid s is

s air to penetrat

the age st is

trave

re la t.L orrs , EaclL

of s

of the rld that culture

Africa t

t a e

r-e a.s ori

CU'1d

the reas

take of thems lems.

feel This

East Afri s lve their

"That is ^ed ca consists ⁰ th.e ountries

and Thes

Tanzania

three c c urrtr-J es are

the activities of the

I am go to te you but

fo ITorthern

their student 0 the East African cho 1

t and even E is ereste

School

;Then ^.1.. came o Eas t J\.fric ^I t travel in all the three

in ions and i t was the aCU<-LeJCCLL

t is

eges, each th t deve oped of countries get some idea of the c

a ry interest t r speak first

I t menti the Univers of East ca the tish s e consist a number of c

a degree of e The oldest and

s is

j

e

i l l

G S S^{<:1..1_cL,c;LLl} se

a c cClt:1j[]C'Ci'J. ed

of

r several ars.

Salaan is youngest l

t

c

t

ibraries

1 and

I

ve s s

int the l i^{h -WV ) 1r"} es In Anerica s s studios

d.e r-o.r-t.monts of

to get hold of as as

pass resources are e=,::lJ)3.U St ed

terature is s e

ion etc

theu staffs ^$ whori

staff are ans rosul.t is t nany these s are

all

t

3

s

e

aJ-s

S c

t act

i l l

syst

rep to

s

o

s

t

<nY'r'''Aans are

tl1.ei=c'

t e

i f there is

have the 00

.l- •

ral.,lons tain the

among and

se level

s es

a⁺

c u

e

s

s

es

~ast

th

s

be set

Universi ourses

(

to se

e shall be s

echnical fields of ac

assistants deal t a

of the of libraries

e

for sev educational

sional ceed

ions t for exis

libraries ye

71'"lese can e eful members of the

i t is to create sistant

reasonable, i f limited

ions for ent the Certificate e be the C:olI11;-;-y,i Cert cate

tional

in a rec

at leas Candidate

year s thout the School Certificate have worked for more than

years will be considered

the recommendation of the librarian e to take a pr-e rarm.rra.r test

This will e

for professional ts

course

first year t sub e ts

re1at to nrid educationa

I t is ed the first;

year the work of students some e xt e n't e linl:::ed wi th the univers our-r-Lcu Lum

firs students

The sec year wi cover all aspects of rary work and

ra

e

S v L L V ' V - L

ege

acc ourio.iL

t.h.e e

able s s

I

is from the t

of the first le~~-n-rD

a scheme ties is

East Africa as in our ries

ions took t I started

some informal ourses staff

e ac n,

t ^the

reference

I t re for the

t tine I I

stions st

showo d an.d the terest

et to get

",",en"'"-',,, ene e wa.s the

asked. After the c es sane theD ^CaI:.1e

o

t

t

c

s t

o

o i

s

r

a

on o

t

a

9

s es

t o

o

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o

o

o

c

9 11 o

c

o

ont 11

sec t ^rn-

e o

c er.

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re so

e

I t t S o L to

I t

t

01

o

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e

e

Hakerere t

e

s

80;::1e<)11,0

'1'1'16

e country

T ~.., ID

L1Drarles een c1isso each

re^{car-ir-v-s-r cs} _{i s}

s leel each c s

s et f i t

effect ar

8

after Bill the

s establish

:f the service

s dire ion to the

It

t

gre

trained teachers

out

a

:for o

s

e

en

So f-;ar

anx i.o us t

a fir~ st

e i e to grovl like

t

s

ervi

e

118

trail1.8Cl c

t

ours s" If" thi e s

trail1ecl

oh

8JC1.Jarrs prograuueo

alre rJelltiOI18Cl is so need

..L.L.l.. .L.Ll.{',Ll.eSS t

I

t

I

se s

o e c a.ue e

s as sort

s ^C st

e xamp Le s

a she a few

le

s s s

i

every chi

are

s c

as I t.h

et in

To these nee

f education ^,.

ellS s eds

s

and natiOYl8..l re

int s Ababa conferenc

ed worked ives represent

c

from 34 African states and

four c omrr.is s Loria es sessions, One ⁰

se comrt i.a s Loris al nee

in _ca" COIEJl:1:is s i on

said that i t to an e t

ation and aot es order to solve

ate as

t s

COrlQaJ:~Y

cient c

s ch^0U J., J-JcifS illiternt s

where of

re

The e co n.ortz.c arid s Deans

that educat ceive t is alre e for

The las int is val as an

countries es no e xc Lu s .ve t

I you a list of s act ies in the

o f adult educat on. I wade a selection and start vIith to education the answer t the first need indicated the adult-education cor~1ission at the

Addis Ababa et

96

adul t--educa ion acti vi ties find in Africa the various teracy pro grans are robab the est

teen-fo also the DOS

the Second --Jrld

scussed, in

st of these p te

grans s ies

after but i t

is t ss e to say has cone of theu

511.8(1 figures These

s and the certificates

are available but the statistics are not suppo ed to be

very reliable. Africa will see that

and i t is also adnitted the people concerned, i f you talk to then. I will you an e of such an adult literacy p:-ojec-;, th all its stren~ous efforts to nobilize hUL1all and econonic resources. I have chosen

because I was in that country sone years ago and because e to the group of countries

in which the Swedish is concentrat its

technical assistance

We have made a l i s t f five or six countries to be

La , as in nany west.o r-n cuontries under of then Education is

priori and

started in

the direct control and eup e r-v.l.ac on of the Church The

'3.in ~Nas the t of prospective ts for the

e

he

s ree

Cross t

ar

another t ee o repeat he has

t

de ong

sehoo

e rwa.r-d s

s

or s

In 955 s r eachers erest s

aft , S

the ye s

s egan

teachers choo s

ecause t or

s a

t e

ur are of a

rat c

e

in

and oung e.

0 e the

grow and t

the the ife of

s ols, I

up to these communi

re thr

1

e s f c ornmurra

of them l i eds of

t

C U l l l W U . l L L

the se cornmu.ni,

t serves.

c ommurii

e the c

e

ts as we 1 as

d

the Government to t serve

sho Id ems and

o

fforts s

curri

communi scho is locat

The purpose 0

re agreed a

c life c

I have seen some cannot real say that vari

neverthe ess s s a forecast of the

called lIthe se ected appro

ern appr to the prob em 0 l i eracy,

s ^s

s e initiated

icular

the United Nations and the special agenc es, Unesco, and I will come back to i t later on.

o

L

e o

s a c

t s

t s

st

s ar e e

c

f

s e

s

o

i

r

a a

c

c ry easy

s s s

assis t t lass-ro

or es sse s experi e

c ead wri

methods, e es

st ^+-v at al is ust o

them as o \!vT e r

s teacher o ,

a I me

o c se e me

s e ecto I i I

have an o see c sses. Unfortunate

t t was some rio among students of the

s o

s

t

e

t

i o z

r or s

5 0

a onference

c e

o in-

i \\Tas

5 n t s

rs than o lac s

are,

leas o to f

teachers, the dele es

est results ained, re

e

o

ion of s .

ar

wri t be re

s are rather meagre, teracy should be

e

o b next

s

s

LL

racy i

sector e

1 tera

f e

rate

11

f

t

s o

cat era-

i

in urban are al

cat thus

reduce costs, sted,

s a quo

the e ective rated

o eas e s is

ca$

on-

ria, ons, each

S on my "'fay to A r miss

3.ti out

and got some mater Tanzania,

s

ParlS,

8, an

T'a.n z a ~

Unesco s e

S with

e

Las s

sis two

s and

I saw some I had scussi

s

s t

e i

o

c

c

or

e be divided into

re omo ar-a ^{S C}

s o ze s lasses gr

se e trai-

se

e fantas- school-

trade on

sec^UiV.J.cLl.

es from servants,

of 2 0

sec s

se

ual t in e

e the o

s s

lasses, third step scho st

literacy

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tain access on f ^+-u

continue their educat

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service exist at present \That

are the

I t is diffi een tes

e the

and rt nade s libraries

forned the bas s for nati servi es e a oh

the East African ries. not over

this his orical aspe t st

ef aCC01.J.ut of faoe I in

9

The 2ast Afri Literature Bure ^IS Dar s

alaaL1 had a noninal col tion of' ,000 ooks housed in

tenporary ses th nakeshift a staf'f of'

tll.ree o Le r-k s , TIle ,\TClSt of' ·these oks wer:e in an

condition cons tl"lat

the arirrua.L t for ok8 had never exceeded Frou

postal ions of books s ervic s ,vere

basi s

this

service t

to wide varie of' institutions fron schools to

conDuni centres fron ons CLYld

police stations A noninal was nade to the users of

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of

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nine to

s cer;

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a ct.uaL to eo

Dents in the exis easi have

t ^{o 'a s}t c iDe and

energy tIle

tions

to be talceYl of tIle

country for s e l·~iss Evalls has

referred. opLe read er t the long

o

at the

at ts

es en c

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the

4

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centre,

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the ternal ^-r-siJ le turer

the ibrarian els n year

arid

function ^{11..1•.C' •} staff can be

t any e of'

rrext v ori lye nonths later

e s tnI'f

pxperinen es vias

penecl in aT'

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service

ts f

dealt in arry

th the servi e for vast

rural areas of the c ^& ~·Il1.ere .l s the ch

Miss Evans es? The answer is

I decided after titlO ars I

s t i l l c

that i t e

e

oli t

correct one late expensive nobile services unti a ne rk of branch libraries has been establishe , The and range of service

t

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fe to

0 2

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further

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on

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countrie of

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crit selecti c I

ac ept es

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count fLrrarto i.a.L e has a

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wor-thwh.iLe schenes for considerati o show that

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References

ca c

ending th New

2nd e t f rary services a report submitted to Governments December 9 The British

Handbook of

Ho S dney

in East Africa of East Africa, Councilt 9 ffett J.P ed

Dar es Salaam Government rinter 8.

Library Services Board Annual report 96 Dar es Salaam rary Services Board 9

Tanzania Directorate fo Development and Plann

five-year an for e c and social

development 1st 9 th June 9 -2

Dar es Salaam Government Printer, 9

Year Book and Guide to East Africa 9 ed London Robert Hale Ltd., 19

le s

comnon

be express op_L~.Ub'.JU

se t

s

feel bes

Las some of us

on for

effi ient

I

s c oric r-e t.e conference

result

s Afro-

e of our Id in C

h1~::lT"-jes Conference source of

In 96 there was Scandinavian

as

here I t gave 14iss the idea of

this to expre s s ere

itude and s I als to

thank lecturers other guests who have.

with invaluable infornation likelihood these

suggestions

e last t we s

to Africa I e that we shall see each

and that a Swedish or

at new conf'erence thin the foreseeable future a joint Scandinavian project will at that time have been initiated

s

o

on as ¹¹⁸

of er-vi.c e s

9 ^{is a el~ f}

in l<;ast oa

on the staff of the

et ecame

eventual 9 t

of Libraries she als he an

Librarian at York In

to 5 she From

ofLi i

Universi post at

she was D

t to Go ast Council Librarian

Li e

i t s

1

at the Unesco

t the British £COlJlOI;l:iC C e

the East

African S at l1akerere Univers

c lege the

c

and Iiakerere Univers

vrhere t

ordained s

years is

Courrty.-;

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