ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN AFRICA

177pp., paperback, UJ Press, Johannesburg, 2023

ISBN: 9781776460526

An overview of the work of academic libraries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contributions include:

"The Impact and Importance of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development for Academic Libraries in Africa" by Maria Frahm-Arp

"The Research Activities of Post-graduate Students in Four Universities in North-Central Nigeria" by Stella Amarachukwu Onwukanjo

"Information Needs of Kampala Urban Vegetable Farmers: A unique information gap for universities to embrace" by Ruth Nsibirano and Kisa Agatha Nsibirano

"Bridging the Universal Literacy Gap: The Role of Libraries in Providing Information Access Towards the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)" by Sarah A. Gbenu et al

"Offline Internet for Remote Learning in Low-Resource Environments" by Paul Ingiona Adie et al.

Professor Maria Frahm-Arp is the Executive Director of the Library and Information Centre at the University of Johannesburg.