Ruth's Current Project: Finding ways to build public school libraries in Tanzania.
 

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October 1, 2007

 

 

 

Book Suppliers:

Books For Africa Sample Order Form for Books For Africa
Better World Books

Library and Education Projects:

Room to Read, Building libraries and publishing local language books
Equal Opportunities Trust Fund, Tanzania
Chalula Library Project, Tanzania

African Library Project
Friends of African Village Libraries
Camel library in Kenya
Provincial Library Service of the Western Cape, South Africa
Bulawayo Public LIbrary, Zimbabwe
World Libraries
Carneigie Corporation of New York: Internationa Development
Book Aid International
HakiElimu
Poverty Eradication Network Trust, Dodoma, Tanzania

 




 

 






Articles:

Need for Media Centers:
ACER: Impact of School LIbraries on Student Achievement: a Review of the Research
Impact of School Library Services on Achievement and Learning
Scholastic: School Libraries Work!
The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement
The Importance of School Libraries
Keith Curry Lance
Benefits of Computers in schools:
New York Times: Seeing no progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops
Education Week: Researchers Weigh Benefits of One Computer per Lap
Howard Pitler: View Technology Through Three Lenses
Computers & Education: The Laptop Alternative: Student Reactions and Strategic Implications

Items of interest:

Children of the Code
Professor Josephat Rugemalira, University of Dar es Salaam
Mwangaza Teacher Center
Rotary: Three ways to do a literacy project
Rotary: One district's campaign for literacy
Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa
PEDP in Tanzania: 2002-2004
HakiElimu Working Paper Series

Library Cataloguing Systems:

Books for Mac OS X - An open-Source cataloging Application for Mac OS X
Dataface, put a face on your database
Collectorz Book Collector

PrimaSoft Small Library Organizer
Softlink Europe

 


A great deal of the research for this site is provided by Jan Toth-Chernin.