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Peer reviewedAtherton, Lucy – Information Development, 1993
Examines alternatives to traditional library services being developed in Zimbabwe. Highlights include home libraries connected with literacy groups; the Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme that develops community libraries, oral archives, and training manuals; mobile library services; culture houses; problems with donated books;…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Information Services, Cultural Centers, Developing Nations
Download full textJohnson, Lamar – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript reports a study of the secondary-school library. The library, it is claimed, exists first to improve the curriculum, and second, to encourage reading as a leisure-time occupation. The purposes of this investigation are: (1) to list and describe activities and devices used in outstanding secondary-school libraries; (2) to present…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students
