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Download full textHanemann, Ulrike, Ed.; Krolak, Lisa, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This publication demonstrates the potential of dynamic literate environments and the importance of nurturing a culture of reading and writing, examining four different contexts: digital environments, intergenerational settings, community libraries and prisons. The case studies, from UNESCO's Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Public Libraries
Direct linkQutab, Saima; Mahmood, Khalid – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate library web sites in Pakistan, to analyse their content and navigational strengths and weaknesses and to give recommendations for developing better web sites and quality assessment studies. Design/methodology/approach: Survey of web sites of 52 academic, special, public and national libraries in…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Internet
Harvey, John F. – 1968
In March and April 1968, the author was a guest of the U.S. Information Service on a two week trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan. During this stay, 30 libraries in five cities were visited. This paper describes this trip and relates the library happenings in these countries. It was obvious that Pakistan librarianship had advanced beyond the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Libraries
Williamson, William L., Ed. – 1976
This is a collection of conference papers given by graduate students enrolled in a seminar course in Comparative Librarianship. Topics focused on library education and library development programs in foreign countries and Southwest Wisconsin. Professor Philip Altbach opened the conference with a summary version of his paper entitled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHaider, Syed Jalaluddin – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Examines the state of library automation in Pakistan. Discusses early developments; financial support by the Netherlands Library Development Project (Pakistan); lack of automated systems in college/university and public libraries; usage by specialist libraries; efforts by private-sector libraries and the National Library in Pakistan; commonly used…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Systems
Anwar, Mumtaz; And Others – 1976
A proposal is made to use local people's libraries as information distribution centers for the Integrated Rural Development Program in Pakistan. The local libraries would function as centers for literacy programs, adult education, open university programs, instruction in improved farming methods, and general information dissemination. Each center…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Information Services, Educational Television, External Degree Programs
