Information Literacy for Poor African Children

Current Changes affecting academic libraries With the advancement of technology and globalization, there has been an unprecedented considerable change affecting universities and their academic libraries, and this pace of change is likely to continue for quite some time. Some of these changes affecting academic libraries include: Increasing client expectations, with the consequent need to maintain and enhance the student experience, including student success and attainment, student retention and progression, and employability Disintermediation and the danger of library support in the digital age becoming invisible Current and future generations of students and researchers considering themselves self-sufficient in information skills A decline in the importance of the library as a physical entity Changing user needs and working styles The availability of alternative sources of information for learners and researchers, with other providers as well as libraries in the digital...

TRUE LOVE Is there anything like true Love? Is it a gift that is sent from above? Or is it just one of the Crooked curves? Is there anything at all like true love? Sometimes when you stop and smell the roses, you can almost feel it, though in small doses, As the birds fly about, from different sources, As the beautiful sunsets, and another day closes. Is it there in the most loving eye looks? Or is it there in the depth of erotic books, Is it there in the exotic tastes or wonderful cooks? Or perhaps what is sought after by even the crooks! Is it in the passionate feeling of a tender touch? In the most romantic setting without a march, Does it lie there? Is it as such? Or in the sexual depths of emotions so much? There are no easy answers to a subject like this, Not even in the wonderful feeling of a longed-for kiss, But I believe if it happens, one would feel the bliss, And it will never go away, no-not with ease. That is what children feel when they are disadvantag...

Reading Culture in Kenya Reading or the lack of it is one of the most serious problems facing the book industry in Kenya today. It is widely believed in Kenya and abroad that Africans do not read books beyond the classroom and when they finish their education, they do not read for pleasure. One only needs to take a closer look at the history of education in Kenya to appreciate the present sad state of affairs. The missionaries brought education, with the books as its instrument to this country Kenya . They forced people to go to school and to read books (mostly the religious ones), which they felt, were good for them. Reading and religion were sold as a package. In order for the promotion of reading, those who read the bible were induced with promises and material and spiritual rewards, a good job a prestige financial gain and a comfortable life. In the end those who attained these rewards stopped reading because there was no more to read for and those who didn’t attain them...