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ERIC Number: EJ327057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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A Survey of Library Services to Children and Young Adults in Selected Developing Countries in Africa and Asia.
Craver, Kathleen W.
Top of the News, v42 n1 p33-43 Fall 1985
Review of developments in children and young adult library services since 1979 discusses three factors that complicate methods used to combat illiteracy problem: population growth, language, and undeveloped readership. Countries studied are Libya, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Kuwait, and Sri Lanka. (34 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Illiteracy, Learning Resources Centers, Library Services, Problems, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Asia
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