https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/issue/feed 2023-05-03T06:24:35+00:00 Hassan Zamir mzamir@dom.edu Open Journal Systems <p><span style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">World Libraries is a project of the faculty, staff, and students of the Dominican University School of Information Studies; an advisory board of library and information professionals from around the world; and an ever-changing cast of contributors and readers. It was established in 1990 under the title </span><span style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Third World Libraries</span><span style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. </span></p> <p><span style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><img src="https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/public/site/images/hassanzamir/WorldLibrariesLogo2020.jpg" width="368" height="368" /></span></p> https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/600 2022-08-26T20:37:20+00:00 Gayvelle Davis gayvelledavis@gmail.com

<p>The study documents the revival of the library of the Tax Appeal Board of Trinidad and Tobago after the traumatic experience of being closed in 2006; and finally getting new accommodation four years later. It describes the development programme that the Tax Appeal Board’s Library used between 2015 and 2017 to reactivate the library and highlights the various outcomes which were achieved such as: updating the collection and the physical infrastructure, implementing a new integrated library system and the creation of the Trinidad and Tobago Tax Cases database using the Decisia platform. It also goes beyond the period of the development programme to evaluate how some of the measures implemented during the library upgrade project had further developed; and concludes by evaluating the success of the library upgrade program.</p>

2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Gayvelle Davis https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/603 2022-12-11T21:53:11+00:00 Jamilu Abdullahi jamiluabdu@gmail.com

<p>Globally the issue of public health crisis has become major concern due to emergence of new COVID-19 pandemic. African communities require information and support during difficult times. Libraries have always had the potential to respond to any health challenge that occurred and bedeviled humanity. They play a vital role in a process that provides solutions during critical times. The COVID-19 pandemic outcome has led to changes in library service strategy particularly the social role of libraries in their communities. This paper focuses on new service model for community libraries in sub-Saharan Africa for effective response to global health emergency. It offers innovative library perspectives towards COVID-19 pandemic with special emphasis on service patterns for breaking barriers and improving access to libraries and information. The paper explores provisional closure of libraries, changes in circulation policy and provision of most trusted information. It recommends that African librarians should engage in humanitarian projects through collaborative research and practice that would enhance quality of life in the region during and after COVID-19 crisis.</p>

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