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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> Dominican University School of Information Studies en-US World Libraries 1092-7441 <p>World Libraries allows authors to maintain the copyright of their article or to give permission to World Libraries to hold the copyright. 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In addition, this information is used for research on usage patterns to improve the site over time.</p><p>E-mail addresses used by World Libraries to notify readers of new issues are not disclosed to third parties.</p> https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/600 <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> Gayvelle Davis Copyright (c) 2023 Gayvelle Davis 2023-05-03 2023-05-03 27 1 https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/603 <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> Jamilu Abdullahi Copyright (c) 2023 Jamilu Abdullahi 2023-05-03 2023-05-03 27 1