Private camel library brings hope to pastoralists: the Kenyan experience

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dc.creatorAtuti, Richard Masaranga
dc.creatorIkoja-Odongo, J. Robert
dc.date2012-10-01T08:11:33Z
dc.date2012-10-01T08:11:33Z
dc.date1999
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T12:50:59Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T12:50:59Z
dc.descriptionDiscusses 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
dc.identifierAtuti, R. M. & Ikoja-Odongo, J. R. (1999). Private camel library brings hope to pastoralists: the Kenyan experience. Library Review, 48(1): 36-42
dc.identifier0024-2535
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242539910256354
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/745
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/745
dc.languageen
dc.publisherEmerald and MCB University Press
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectLibrary services
dc.subjectMobile libraries
dc.subjectRural areas
dc.subjectPastrolism
dc.titlePrivate camel library brings hope to pastoralists: the Kenyan experience
dc.typeJournal article, peer reviewed
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