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Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory
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Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network, 2nd revised ed. (2000), v, 168 pp.
"First published in 1993, and with a new introductory essay providing an overview of significant developments since publication of the first edition, this is a survey of the various agencies and assistance programmes that are involved with publishing and book development in Africa and in other parts
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Public Libraries in Africa: A Report and Annotated Bibliography
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2000), vi, 199 pp.
"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati
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Development Directory of Indigenous Publishing
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), xii, 199 pp.
"Contains essays on aspects of indigenous publishing in various African countries, overviews on the state of publishing in specific regions, a directory of book trade publications and reference sources published in five African countries, plus two inventories of (i) African book development organiza
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International Donor Review
In: Development Directory of Indigenous Publishing 1995
Carol Priestley (comp.)
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), pp. 94-97
"A critical review of book aid programmes in Africa by international donor organizations. Provides a number of guiding principles that ought to be considered in any book support programmes. The author urges donors to provide more support for smaller projects, and advocates lead funding." (Hans M. Ze
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Availability of Publications in Africa: Exchange of Experience and Future Prospects
FID Bulletin, volume 44, issue 4-5 (1994), pp. 67-71
"Surveys assistance programmes for book and library development in Africa, reviewing the activities of individual organizations and their experiences to date. Argues that the challenge is to harness donor funding and support in a way that will encourage new national and regional initiatives, reduce
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Donors to African Education (DAE) Working Group on Textbooks and Libraries: Notes from the London Sessions
Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, issue 9 (1994), pp. 4-5
"Reports about a meeting of the Donors to African Education group [now Association for the Development of Education in Africa, ADEA] its research agenda, and its growing involvement with the private sector in African publishing." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d e
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The Difficult Art of Book Aid: An African Survey
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 4, issue 4 (1993), pp. 215-21
"A résumé of the author's Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory. Examines the book needs of Africa, and evaluates the impact of donor-supported publishing and book development programmes in Africa. Contends “if donor support is to lead to long-term sustainable publishin
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Textbook Provision and Feasibility of Cooperation Among SADC Countries
Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, issue 7 (1993), pp. 10-11
"A review of a number of UNESCO /UNDP-supported studies on textbook provision in four Southern African countries, and reports about an interregional consultative meeting held in Harare in August 1993 to consider these studies. Also sets out the recommendations and plans for action put forward at tha
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The Book Famine: A Selective Directory for Book and Journal Assistance to Universities in Africa
Africa, volume 60, issue 1 (1990), pp. 135-148
"Describes some of the major book and journal donation schemes in existence. Provides profiles of agencies that respond on a request-led basis in the tertiary education sector, and thereafter lists bilateral schemes by country, multilateral programmes in alphabetical order, and offers some suggestio
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