The school library that germinates in a very unfertile land and acts as a moon rise for Malawi’s rural children’s library

Authors

  • George G. Makhalira Librarian and advocate of Children Libraries

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7504

Keywords:

School library- rural- Malawi, Rural Primary School-Africa, IASL Book Award-2014, Reading culture-Promotion, Africa, Malawi

Abstract

The paper highlights a school library service in a rural set up in Lilongwe, Malawi. It is a school library that has germinated from a ray of hope from the primary school staff, the surrounding community members and leaders (village chiefs, religious leaders, etc.) who garnered to support their children to access printed materials.

In conclusion, the paper details how the author and the IASL 2014 Children Book Award has boosted the primary school library window to the world and the promotion of reading and access to printed materials.

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Published

2021-02-22

Issue

2015: IASL Conference Proceedings (Maastricht, Netherlands): The School Library Rocks: Living it, Learning it, Loving it

Section

Professional Papers

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