ID-LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - LIL

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The Library Development Project, aims at developing innovative approaches, to increase the use of reading materials in community, and primary school libraries, at motivating students, and communities alike, in the use of valuable information, and, at developing a supportive strategy among involved communities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and local governments. The main components include: 1) provision of grants to participating, small libraries, selected on the basis of a recognized formal organization. Initial grants will be provided to libraries, upon agreement of conditions of effectiveness, through the Provincial Project Management Unit. The library team will be responsible for library management, selection, and procurement of books, or other items, and will share experiences with other community libraries; 2) institutional development to strengthen local capacity, for the management of school, and community libraries. Technical assistance (TA), training, and workshops will be provided, designed to ensure library management, and, to promote information dissemination activities. Specialized NGOs will introduce, through TA, innovative methods to improve community participation in library operations; evaluation studies will be conducted to determine library sustainability; and, the provision of books will be financed, including the access to the Book Fair, to identify, and select reading materials; and, 3) project management, monitoring and evaluation, and operational costs.