Librarianship in Botswana: A Review of Recent Literature

Authors

  • Lisa Bendoff A. T. Kearney

Abstract

This paper summarizes and analyzes library literature of the 1980s and 1990s about the library situation in Botswana. A prominent issue discovered in those writings in that of the appropriate model for library development: should it be the U.S./European pattern or an indigenous one? One solution suggested is to follow Western models for research libraries, while developing new models for public libraries. In fact, certain Western practice is being followed and written about, for example time and workflow studies are being carried out, and authority control in the University of Botswana is achieved through the use of CD–MARC. Other writings discuss the library education program at the University of Botswana, library cooperation, and the need to collect development literature.

Author Biography

Lisa Bendoff, A. T. Kearney

Lisa Bendoff is an information specialist with the consulting firm A. T. Kearney, in Chicago. She was formerly an information specialist for Bozell Advertising, also in Chicago. Her B.A. (History) is from Lake Forest College, and her M.L.I.S. is from Rosary College. Ms. Bendoff is particularly interested in the possibilities of the Internet, and in global information transfer.

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (1995)

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Literature Review

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