"This collection of papers focuses on the transition from state to private sector publishing in Africa. Two overview evaluations draw attention to the fact that the road to privatization is not necessarily an easy one, and that there are costs as well as benefits involved. Four cases studies, from G
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hana, Ethiopia, Zambia and the Côte d'Ivoire provide accounts of specific experiences." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 247)
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"Contains over 2,200 entries covering books, serials, reference sources, reports, papers in edited collections, book-sector studies and similar documents, and periodical articles drawn from literature published in over 360 journals and magazines. Most entries have a short annotation. Supplementary v
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olumes ("A bibliography of publishing and the book chain in Sub-Saharan Africa". London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials) have been published in 1997 (303 entries, mainly publications published in late 1995 and in 1996) and 1998 (further 250 entries, largely material published in 1997)." (commbox)
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"An overview of the state of publishing in Africa, reviewing the major problems facing the book industries, and the role of the church and church publishers in book development. Includes some statistics of the number of publishers in Africa: secular, Catholic, and Protestant. Also reports about the
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establishment of the Association of Catholic Publishers in Africa based in Nairobi." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1720)
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"A profile of the Nairobi-based Friends-of-the-Book Foundation, a non-profit organization established to help alleviate the book famine in East Africa and to promote functional literacy. The organization facilitates the publication/translation (both in Kiswahili and in English) of key books for the
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reading public, and makes them available at affordable prices. This booklet sets out the background to the establishment of the organization, its principal objectives, details of books published to date and those in the pipeline." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1385)
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"This PhD thesis, “theoretically informed by Giroux's concepts of border and critical pedagogy”, examines how indigenous publishers manage to give a voice to cultures in an environment characterized by conflicting interests mediated by the State. It aims to provide an understanding of “the int
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ersection of social structure and human agency in the process.” To shed light on publishers' cultural practices, the author investigated their publishing output and their interaction with the wider cultural environment. He conducted interviews with editors and private sector publishers, sought the publishers’ views on state intervention (and domination) in publishing, as well as interviewing government officials and writers. The author found that indigenous publishers are conscious of their cultural role, but that they need more professionalism, that there is a need for both national and regional cooperation, and a sharper understanding of indigenous publisher’s role “of giving a voice to the voiceless majority – and their various identities – through the written word.” The author argues that the exclusive use of French in education and publishing complicates their task, and partially explains how indigenous knowledge is neglected, and how the cultures of the underprivileged are marginalized." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 363)
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"CD-ROM publishing is evolving so fast that there is no way that African users can keep pace with the new developments. As a result, African universities are hard-pressed to make appropriate decisions concerning the best allocation of scarce resources, which means that many of them are subscribing t
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o databases that are inappropriate to their needs. These databases can be very expensive, taking the major share of a library's budget and leaving it little room to acquire other types of materials. Moreover, although database acquisition might be underwritten by donor funding at the outset, grants inevitably expire, leaving librarians with the dilemma of finding money to pay for subscription renewals - thus calling into question the long-term sustainability of CD-ROM utilization at their institutions. To meet these needs, the AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Program decided to embark on an initiative to evaluate CD-ROM databases in the sciences and social sciences for their relevance to African teaching and research needs. The assessments were carried out in seven universities, two of which were in South Africa. An evaluation workshop was organized to assess the collected data. This book contains abridged versions of reports presented at the workshop and, although the book is about CD-ROM, it is not devoted to CD-ROM entirely. There are chapters on document delivery, current awareness services and on-line searching." (https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/47476)
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"Examine la production et la distribution de matériel culturel et multimédia en Afrique francophone subsaharienne et l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur les réseaux de communication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 378)
"Dans le cadre des activités multilatérales menées par l'Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT) - désormais intégrée à l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie - elle a apporté son soutien à l'élaboration de politiques nationales du livre, ainsi qu'à la production e
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t à la diffusion d'outils pédagogiques dans les pays du Sud, en mettant l'accent sur les manuels scolaires destinés à l'éducation de base. Dans le cadre de cette stratégie, elle a publié deux études importantes analysant le secteur du livre dans les pays en développement en général, et l'industrie du livre en Afrique francophone en particulier. Le premier titre porte sur l'état et les perspectives de l'édition scolaire dans les pays du Sud. Il examine les questions fondamentales liées aux facteurs infrastructurels et sociaux, étudie les différents acteurs impliqués dans la rédaction et l'édition de matériel pédagogique, ainsi que les problèmes communs auxquels ils sont confrontés. L'étude se penche également sur les aspects financiers et de formation du développement du livre et formule un certain nombre de suggestions susceptibles de créer un environnement sain pour le développement de politiques nationales du livre efficaces et la publication de livres scolaires et d'autres matériels éducatifs de haute qualité." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 382)
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"The proceedings of an 'Indaba' on national book policies held immediately before the 1996 Zimbabwe International Book Fair, and which attracted participants and speakers from many parts of Africa and elsewhere, representing the whole spectrum of book sector interests. Conceived in collaboration wit
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h the Association for the Development of African Education Working Group on Books and Learning Materials, the 'Indaba' deliberated extensively on the desirability of effective instruments to promote the development of the African book industries. A national book policy “was recognized as constituting the basic framework within which the legitimate interests of all actors and stakeholders in book-related industries are recognized, and they are empowered to contribute towards the creation of a book reading democratic society." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2032)
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