"This register is arranged alphabetically by country, including complete contact details of the consultants, their educational background and qualifications, professional experience, and specialist areas of expertise." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr
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. 1300)
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"A collection of papers on various aspects of scholarly writing and publishing in Africa, mostly by African academics based in the diaspora." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2264)
"The Zimbabwe International Book Fair annual ‘Indaba’ in 2000 focused on a major weakness in the African book scene, that of marketing. Forty-three papers reflect the wide mixture of professionals involved from all parts of the book chain and the diverse nature of the theme. Papers from plenary
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sessions are included and thereafter papers are grouped into four parts: publishing, writing, scholarship and marketing, and policy and access. The sections on publishing include some (mostly very short) papers on book marketing and distribution in individual African countries, on marketing techniques, selling rights, market trends in the African book industry, and promoting cross-border book trade." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1491)
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"This survey and report is the result of a pilot project and survey of the reading interests and information use of South African children and young adults. It was carried out in primary and secondary schools in Pretoria, and provides insight into children and young adult's reading interests and inf
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ormation usage. The project surveyed a representative sample of over two thousand learners in the age group 10 to 16 of South African learners from Grades 5 to 10 by means of a detailed questionnaire. The survey focuses on identifying why and how young people in South Africa choose books (and other texts such as comics and magazines), as understanding this process may help those involved in writing, publishing and providing texts, from comics to novels and electronic publications. The survey also tried to find ways of identifying what kind of material is most suitable for different types of readers. It was one of the goals of the study to provide a better understanding of the relationship between reading and attitudes to a range of topical social issues such as AIDS and pregnancy; to examine the ways in which children and young adults encounter and choose what to read; to provide information about the reading habits and information usage of children and young adults of different age, sex, class, ethnic background, geographical location and educational sector; and to study the influence and effect on reading of new media such as electronic texts." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2187)
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"Mit dem Amtsantritt von Präsident Hatami im Iran ist ein Reformprozess in Gang gekommen, der sich nicht zuletzt in der Kulturpolitik auswirkt. Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Berichts stehen die Strukturen des Verlagswesens und der Buchproduktion im staatlichen und privaten Sektor im Iran. Die ira
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nische Buchproduktion hat mit vielen Problemen zu kämpfen: mit der Importabhängigkeit von Papier, mit kleinen Budgets, mit mangelhaften Vertriebswesen und Bestellwesen und mit fehlenden Nachschlagwerken. Ausserdem wird die Buchproduktion durch Zensur und staatliche bürokratische Hindernisse erschwert." (GIZ Library Bonn)
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"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon
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don, and Danaé-Sciences, a Paris-based consultancy company specialising in editorial support, training and written communication. It draws on a series of major case studies carried out in Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, together with mini case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo, undertaken by book practitioners in these countries, most from the private sector. All of the case studies cover some common elements, including, for example, information on the national education system (including basic education statistics), and a discussion of the main players and mechanisms in the book distribution chain; they also review regional trade in books, and most case studies comment upon the impact of funding, agency investment, and government policies affecting national book development. In addition to the case studies, a useful feature is the inclusion of a fold-out chart “Critical issues on upgrading book distribution in Africa – A decision tree for policy-makers”, which shows the key options that policy makers need to consider in developing a national framework for textbook delivery. An extensive glossary of common terms and acronyms used in education, development and the book trade, completes the volume. The survey concludes “there is already a policy change underway among a number of governments and funding agencies in their approaches toward national textbook distribution. This change is more apparent in Anglophone than in Francophone countries and is by no means universal even in Anglophone countries. But the reaction against the inefficiencies, the lack of a service culture and the typically high cost operations of state centralist policies is now almost ten years old.” It also notes that times are changing, and that senior government officials in many countries now openly acknowledge and welcome the increasing involvement of the private sector in educational book provision activity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1515)
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"The publication was released on the occasion of a community radio management and training course, conducted by the Radio Nederland Training Centre in 2001. The course aimed to "deepen participant's knowledge of research and provide new information, promote emotional work by reflecting on feelings a
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nd attitudes on research, build skills so participants are supposed to be confident in carrying out tasks and activities in audience research after the course." Hence, this is a well structured, concrete guideline for the implementation of three-day workshops, including suggestions for time lines, practice exercises and explanations of methods like in-depth interviews, focus groups and the corresponding, commonly used creative techniques, eg, role-playing games, collages and word association. The focus is on audience research for community radio stations. The guide is more useful for station managers and others who want to train their staff effectively in qualitative and quantitative research methods, but who themselves already have some knowledge about both, than for those who are looking for a research manual or extensive research introductions." (commbox)
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"Five essays that seek to examine the challenges that women face in African studies scholarly publishing, and which aims to offer insights “into the shifting, intellectual, institutional, and ideological contexts and contests in African studies, as practiced in Africa and the North, by men and wom
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en, and among women themselves who are united by their gender as they are separated by the politics of race, resources, and location.” The book attempts to do three things: first, analyze the patterns and prospects of women’s scholarly publishing in the mainstream media in both Africa and the North; second, outline the development of women’s presses and other publishing initiatives; and, third, examine the growth and politics of feminist scholarship in each of, and across, the two regions." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2415)
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