"Libraries for All: How to Start and Run a Small Library"

Is a practical, hands-on guide to establishing and managing a library in a developing country. It is intended to be used by community leaders, librarians, library committees, aid workers and anyone who is interested in the practical aspect of starting and maintaining a successful library.

Many of these often have no formal training in library science and must overcome enormous difficulties in compiling collections of resources that enrich their communities. The manual focuses on issues that the community and the library founder need to address before establishing a library as well as providing practical information on getting established and managing the library. It contains a list of "action steps" at the end of each part summarizing what needs to be done at each stage of planning and running a library. To ensure its relevance in developing countries, it has been reviewed and field tested in eleven countries.

The document was made possible by funding within the framework of the UNESCO Network of Associated Libraries (UNAL), which is dedicated to promoting international co-operation and understanding between libraries and was prepared by one its members the World Library Partnerships (WLP). An HTML version is available from the WLP website at http://RTPnet.org/~wlp/lfa/1cover.htm

Libraries for all: how to start and run a basic library / prepared by Laura Wendell [for the General Information Programme and UNISIST]. - Paris : UNESCO, 1998. - v, 108p.; 30 cm. -(CII/INF-98/WS/08) (Full text in RTF)