November 23, 2020

Africa: Somalia to Rebuild National Library

Note: infoDOCKET shared a report about plans to rebuild Somalia’s National Library in a post on July 19, 2013. See: “Somalia’s National Library Rises Amid the Ruins”

From the BBC:

A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country’s national library.

Dozens of displaced families had been sheltering inside the building which has been badly damaged by decades of conflict.

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Work on the new complex is expected to be finished in six months’ time at a cost of $1m (£600,000).

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Already 20,000 books have been donated from the United States and around 60,000 are expected to come from Arab nations.

Read the Complete Article, View Drawing of What New Building Should Look Like

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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