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Title Private camel library brings hope to pastoralists: the Kenyan experience
Full text http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242539910256354; http://hdl.handle.net/10570/745
Date 1999
Author(s) Atuti, Richard Masaranga; Ikoja-Odongo, J. Robert
Abstract Discusses an innovation in the Kenya National Library Service, the Camel Library Service (CLS) in North Eastern Province, Kenya. Highlights results of an investigation of the impact and the feasibility of the CLS pilot project and its compatibility to the lifestyle of nomadic pastoralists. The instruments used in the survey included questionnaires, interviews, documentary analysis and a literature search. Data from the field was adapted, coded, summarized statistically and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Services (SPSS). The findings show that animal transport (camel) as a mobile library provides an adequate alternative and successful model for a service on wheels. The CLS was also found an effective channel of maximizing the use of National Library information resources by nomadic pastoralists. A review of its performance indicates the project is viable and can be adapted, replicated and expanded
Subject(s) Kenya; Library services; Mobile libraries; Rural areas; Pastrolism
Language en
Publisher Emerald and MCB University Press
Type of publication Journal article, peer reviewed
Identifier Atuti, R. M. & Ikoja-Odongo, J. R. (1999). Private camel library brings hope to pastoralists: the Kenyan experience. Library Review, 48(1): 36-42; 0024-2535
Repository Kampala - Makerere University
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