Resource Mobilisation for Library and Information Services Development in Africa

Abstract

This paper discusses the need for information professionals in Africa to mobilise resources for effective provision of library and information services. Resource mobilisation should include financial, human and material resources that are indispensable to providing innovative and dynamic information services in the 21st century. The rationale for resource mobilisation is discussed within the context of the current socio-economic and technological environment that is not only characterising library and information services development but also developments in other sectors. The paper identifies and discusses major areas of library resource mobilisation by highlighting what is going on in Tanzania in particular and Africa in general. The paper concludes that in order to survive in the information market of the 21st century, there is need to strive for innovative and sustainable services.


(African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science: 2002 12 (1): 15-26)