Africa: Somalia to Rebuild National Library
Note: infoDOCKET shared a report about plans to rebuild Somalia’s National Library in a post on July 19, 2013. See: “Somalia’s National Library Rises Amid the Ruins”
From the BBC:
A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country’s national library.
Dozens of displaced families had been sheltering inside the building which has been badly damaged by decades of conflict.
[Clip]
Work on the new complex is expected to be finished in six months’ time at a cost of $1m (£600,000).
[Clip]
Already 20,000 books have been donated from the United States and around 60,000 are expected to come from Arab nations.
Read the Complete Article, View Drawing of What New Building Should Look Like
Filed under: Libraries, National Libraries, News
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
ADVERTISEMENT
Archives
ADVERTISEMENT
