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Rural community libraries in Africa : challenges and impacts /

Title
Rural community libraries in Africa : challenges and impacts / Valeda F. Dent, Long Island University, USA, Geoff Goodman, Long Island University, USA, Michael Kevane, Santa Clara University, USA.
Author
Dent, Valeda Frances,
Publication
Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, [2014]

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Additional Authors
  • Goodman, Geoff,
  • Kevane, Michael,
Description
xxi, 309 pages; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) Book series
Subject
  • Africa
  • Afrika
  • Books and reading > Africa
  • Books and reading
  • Dorf
  • Kitengesa Community Library
  • Libraries and community > Africa
  • Libraries and community
  • Literacy programs > Africa
  • Literacy programs
  • Öffentliche Bibliothek
  • Rural libraries > Africa
  • Rural libraries
Genre/Form
Aufsatzsammlung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-305) and index.
Contents
Rural library services in African countries : history, development and characteristics -- The rural community library in Africa as a context for literacy and reading -- An overview of prior research on select rural community libraries -- Research on library impact at Kitengesa Community Library in Uganda -- Books for African readers : borrowing patterns at Kitengesa Community Library / Dr. Kate Parry, Founder, Kitengesa Community Library -- Exploring secondary school student factors and academic outcomes at the Kitengesa Community Library -- The Intergenerational Impact of a rural community library on young children's learning readiness in a Ugandan village -- Beyond reading : impacts on local economic development -- How much does it cost to get a book read? : library visits, checkouts and costs -- Cost-effectiveness of a summer reading program in community libraries in Burkina Faso -- Impacts of summer reading camp programs in community libraries in Ghana -- Cost-effectiveness of solar-powered LED reading lamps in Burkina Faso -- Mounting a quantitative or qualitative research study of the rural African village library : lessons learned -- Building and advancing rural community libraries.
ISBN
  • 1466650435
  • 146665046X
  • 9781466650466
  • 9781466650442 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781466650459 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013037490
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library