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‘Action Plans’ to Support the African Book Industries: Current Initiatives in Progress, and an Inventory of Earlier Projects
African Book Publishing Record, volume 50, issue 4 (2024), pp. 312-321
"Over the past eight years or more there have been a wide range of projects to support the African book industries and the book sector generally. This has included a series of ambitious ‘action plans’ that followed a number of high-level conferences held in Africa. This investigation offers a su
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Orte für die Menschen: Afrikanische Büchereien im Wandel
BiblioTheke: Zeitschrift für katholische Bücherei- und Medienarbeit, issue 4 (2023), pp. 33-35
"Book Bunk, eine Non-Profit-Organisation mit Sitz in Nairobi in Kenia, hat es sich vor fünf Jahren zur Aufgabe gemacht, Büchereien in Nairobi weiterzuentwickeln. Die Idee entstand aus einer Zusammenarbeit mit der McMillan Memorial Library – Nairobis ältester Bibliothek." (Seite 33)
Growing the local book industry: The experience of a publishing collaborative in Rwanda
Save the Children (2020), 2 pp.
"In Rwanda, Save the Children collaborated with education ministries, publishing industry stakeholders, schools, book sellers and libraries in order to strengthen existing systems and increase output and availability of quality local language children’s books. This ‘whole chain’ approach addre
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Children's Book Development and Use in Rwanda
Save the Children (2020), 4 pp.
"In Rwanda, Save the Children collaborated with Education and Culture Ministries, publishing industry stakeholders, schools, book sellers and libraries in order to strengthen existing systems and increase output and availability of quality local language children’s books. This ‘whole chain’ ap
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Ending Book Hunger: Access to Print Across Barriers of Class and Culture
New Heaven; London: Yale University Press (2020), vi, 209 pp.
"This book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. 'First Book', for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. 'Imagination Library' mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. 'Worldreader' promotes mobile reading in developing coun
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Book Aid International 2018 Impact Assessment Report
London: Book Aid International (2018), 4 pp.
Engaging the Private Sector Towards an Improved Literate Environment: A learning paper on Book Development in Rwanda
Save the Children (2018), 23 pp.
Implementing constitutional language provisions through the Indigenous Language Publishing Programme
South African Journal of African Language, volume 37, issue 2 (2017), pp. 203-209
"The trade publishing sector in South Africa produces books primarily in English and Afrikaans, which is not representative of the spread of languages spoken in the country. In particular, there are very few books published for general readers in the local African languages. The Indigenous Language
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Annual Review 2015
London: Book Aid International (2015), 19 pp.
Book donation programmes for Africa: Time for a reappraisal? Part II: Le don de livre, mais à quel prix, et en échange de quoi? Un regard sur le don de livre en Afrique francophone
African Research & Documentation, issue 127 (2015), 76 pp.
"Dans cet article, je réfléchis à la relation entre don et marché éditorial en Afrique francophone ainsi qu’à son évolution. Comme je l’observe, l’intensification du don et la diffusion de l’idée qu’il n’y a pas de livres en Afrique coïncide avec l’essor de ce que l’on appel
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Book Donation Programmes for Africa: Time for a Reappraisal? Part I
Zell Publishing Consultants (2015), 109 pp.
"This investigation attempts to shed more light on current book donation practices, and provides an overview and profiles of the work of the principal book aid organizations active in the English-speaking parts of sub-Saharan Africa; describing how they differ in their approach and strategies, donat
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Le don de livre, mais à quel prix, et en échange de quoi ? (Book donation programmes for Africa, part 2)
[author] (2015), 76 pp.
"Un des arguments prioritaires du don de livre en Afrique, c’est qu’il n’y a pas (ou pas assez) de livres. C’est en fait, peut-être, l’inverse: il y a un monopole du livre étranger qui ne permettrait pas au livre africain de rayonner suffisamment pour être connu/reconnu dans le monde. L
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Bücher für alle: Die UNESCO und die weltweite Förderung des Buches 1946-1982
Berlin; Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter (2013), xv, 608 pp.
"Bücher für alle verfügbar und zugänglich zu machen, war oberste Zielsetzung der Buchförderungsprogramme der UNESCO. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Maßnahmen, die die UNESCO weltweit zur Verbesserung der Produktions- und Distributionsstrukturen des Buches durchführte, und geht Fragen n
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Sources of Donated Books for Schools and Libraries
Washington, DC: Peace Corps (2012), 30 pp.
"[This publication] is intended to help Peace Corps Volunteers and their counterparts identify organizations that might provide books and other educational materials for schools and libraries in their communities. The services described for each organization listed in Section A apply specifically to
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Petit guide du partenariat éditorial équitable: Comment construire une relation partenariale juste entre un éditeur du Nord et un éditeur du Sud (contexte francophone)
Paris: Alliance Internationale des Éditeurs Indépendants (2011), 13 pp.
Livre, lecture et coopération décentralisée: Vade-mecum
Paris: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes (2010), 16 pp.
ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading Promotion in Asia and the Pacific: ACCU’s Achievement Inherited by Asia and the Pacific Towards the Future of Books and Reading
Tokyo: Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (2010), 52 pp.
"As ACCU decided to conclude its programmes in book development in the fiscal year of 2009, “ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading promotion in Asia and the Pacific” was held from 8 to 10 December 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. 20 experts and officials from the field of book development an
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Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part Two: Accomplishments and Failures
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 20, issue 1-4 (2009), pp. 79-90
"Reviews the activities and achievements of a number of African book trade and book promotional organizations, thereafter examines the progress that has been achieved in some areas affecting the book sector, and discusses issues such as the World Bank as a major player in African publishing, digital
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Von rücksichtsloser Dominanz zu verantwortungsbewusstem Miteinander? Zur Rolle britisch-multinationaler Verlage in der Entwicklung der Buchmärkte des anglophonen Afrika
Mainz: Institut für Buchwissenschaft der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Master Thesis (2009), iii, 186 pp.
"Diese Masterarbeit ist eine umfassend dokumentierte Studie über die Rolle der britischen multinationalen Verlage in Afrika und ihrer Niederlassungen und Tochtergesellschaften auf dem Kontinent. Zunächst werden die Hintergründe der Aktivitäten britischer multinationaler Verlage in Afrika in der
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Supporting Improvements in the Quality of Education Through Books and Libraries
London: Book Aid International (2009), 19 pp.
"Book Aid International’s purpose is to increase access to books in order to support literacy, education and development in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper summarises key research on the role of books and learning materials in improving education, reflects on our experience and that of our local im
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