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Today, 23 April 2015, is World Book and Copyright Day, also known as World Book Day, World Book Days or International Day of the Book. Notably, it is the anniversary of the birth and deaths of several revered authors including William Shakespeare. The day is set aside to celebrate books and reading, to raise awareness of the importance of reading and of libraries and, to distribute books to communities. World Book day is also about reading for pleasure and how books offer a pathway to the reader to, imagine, experience, create, discover, explore and to share. As the poem by ‘The Reading Mother’ by Strickland Gillian illustrates, reading, being read to and having books represents untold wealth. Read a book today, go out and read to your family, friends or even strangers and, share a book.

It’s not all shawls and shushing. Librarians are heroes and best friends to readers, of all ages, around the world.  read on....... http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/whats-the-most-frustrating-misconception-people-have-about-l#.ryMo7NOEmA

YES! Librarianship is a Discipline Worth Studying for as a Profession Dear Fellow Librarians My contributions on the importance of studying for librarianship as a career are based on the following: Librarianship to me is a profession worth studying for and I can base my arguments on the journey that i have travelled working for several organizations as a librarian in various capacities of librarianship. The survival of Librarianship in Zimbabwe is to me dependent upon whether government views librarianship as a critical professional sector and this should be reflected in the country's education system where the teaching of librarianship should be promoted. We have universities such NUST, ZOU and the Harare Polytechnic teaching Librarianship at diploma and degree levels. This to me is a reflection on the importance of Librarianship in the Zimbabwean context. The viability of Librarianship in Zimbabwe also depends in my view on a strong Library National Association in the c...

Zimbabwe Library Association 49th Indaba  -  Kariba June 23-25, 2015: Theme: Libraries driving the economy: a 21st century trajectory follow us on http://www.zimla.org.zw/49thzimlaconference facebook   https://www.facebook.com/groups/zimla/    

Literacy Builder Hosea Tokwe arrived at the Matenda School on July 6, 2007, carrying two boxes of books donated by a former student; he was determined to launch the poor rural school’s first library. It was a tumultuous time in Zimbabwe, however, and the community in Matenda greeted him with suspicion. They feared he was not actually a librarian at Midlands State University Library but an opposition political agent sent to stir up trouble. Tokwe convinced them that setting up a library was his only goal, and for the next ten months he regularly made the difficult 100-kilometer trip from Gweru. “I had to walk 25 km from the main road and move in the bush by foot to deliver book donations,” he recalls. He enlisted local stakeholders like the school development committee and Matenda’s chief and headmen. He hired local carpenters to build bookshelves. In April 2008, the Matenda school library opened, its collection bolstered by 18 boxes of books, most donated from ...

 THE first issue of ZimLA News is coming out after its discontinued for a while due to a plethora of challenges. A lot has been affecting the operations of ZimLA lately,but the renewal of ZimLA as a professional association catapulted by efforts of Tendekai Gift Bhowa well known as Bhowa TG has  set an incredible pace towards its resurrection. http://zimla.org.zw/sites/default/files/ZimLA%20news.pdf

ZimLA Conference proceedings on ZimLA Website http://www.zimla.org.zw/node/24