Open AccessPreparing Personnel to Staff School Libraries in Botswana: The National Library's Input
Author(s) -
Margaret Baffour-Awuah
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw7088
Subject(s) - school library , mandate , library science , service (business) , national library , political science , collection development , sociology , medical education , business , computer science , medicine , marketing , law
The development of school libraries in Botswana is the responsibility of the Educational Libraries Division of the Botswana National Library Service (BNLS). The Division carries out its school library development mandate primarily through workshops for school library personnel. Usually four days in length, the workshops are often held at one of the 14 education centres located across the country. Workshops focus on topics such as how to set up a school library, basics of library classification, maintenance of the card catalogue, development of library manuals and guides, development of circulation policies, and library budgeting.