Library Resources in or about AFRICA

Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL)

Friends of African Village Libraries is a small non-profit based in San Jose. Its founders are two Santa Clara University professors, Michael Kevane and Leslie Gray. After conducting a year of research in the village of Bereba, Michael and Leslie looked for a meaningful way to thank the villagers for their hospitality and help with the research. They noticed the complete lack of books in the village, and decided to explore the possibility of opening a library. The result is the creation of Friends of African Village Libraries and the library in Bereba. The non-profit is growing, after requests from other villages showed that the need is great, and that Bereba is by no means the only village where people’s situations deny them access to books. 

Information Science Foundation for East Africa (ISFEA)

Information Science Foundation for Eastern Africa (ISFEA) is a Regional Organisation that started in 2005 in response to the challenges of perception of the Information Science fields that result from limited awareness of the human resource skills possessed by Information Science professionals. It brings together a number of highly qualified and experienced Information Science professionals including Library Science; Records, Archive and Documentation management; Information Management, Data management; Information, Communication and Technology management; Book trade and Industry ready to handle all kinds of Information work in diversified fields in the region.

Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)

The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is a professional non-profit organization uniting and representing all institutions and people working in libraries and information services in South Africa. It strives to unite, develop and empower all people in the library and information field into an organization that provides dynamic leadership in transforming, developing and sustaining library and information services for all people in South Africa.

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