{"id":777887,"date":"2020-01-07T16:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/07\/2020-declared-year-of-reading\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:44:11","slug":"2020-declared-year-of-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/07\/2020-declared-year-of-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Declared Year Of Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Hayford Siaw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Library<br \/>\nAuthority (GHLA) has declared the year 2020 as the year of learning. <\/p>\n<p>The declaration was made<br \/>\nduring the 70th anniversary celebration of the organisation under the theme,<br \/>\n\u201c70 Years of Transforming minds through libraries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With a proposed budget of GH\u00a240<br \/>\nmillion, the year-round activity is intended to improve the use of technology<br \/>\nin library service delivery, increase in the content of materials for<br \/>\nlibraries, boost of patronage of public and school libraries, improvement in<br \/>\naccessibility to libraries and the renovation of existing libraries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The CEO of the GLA, Hayford Siaw said some of<br \/>\nthe highlights of the celebration included the launch of the anniversary<br \/>\ncelebrations, street walks across the country, organisation of personality<br \/>\nreadings, conference for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on library<br \/>\ndevelopment in Ghana and the establishment of an endowment fund.<\/p>\n<p>He said that there would<br \/>\nbe a 20 per cent increase in library book stock, roll-out of a mobile phone<br \/>\napplication for Senior High Schools (SHSs), enrolling of both public and SHS<br \/>\nlibraries onto the Integrated Library Management System (ILMS).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Siaw said a 48.10 per cent<br \/>\nannual increment in library visits with improved membership of 12,665 in 2018<br \/>\nto 26,334 in 2019 was recorded as a result of various interventions initiated<br \/>\nby the authority.<\/p>\n<p>He said that about 255,887<br \/>\nnew books were added to the library stock while 25 libraries were renovated<br \/>\nwithin the period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn introducing new<br \/>\naccess points for the public to engage with GHLA libraries, we increased our<br \/>\nnetwork of libraries by nine from 61 to 70,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also talked about the<br \/>\nauthority\u2019s strategic plan of establishing a library in every constituency<br \/>\nwhich he said would require political commitment as \u201cwe want leaders to<br \/>\npromise the library authority that when they come into office they will support<br \/>\nus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on<br \/>\nphilanthropists to duly consult the authority in planning and constructing<br \/>\nlibrary facilities for communities in order to guarantee maximum utilisation of<br \/>\nsuch facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople construct<br \/>\nsuch facilities without consulting us and years down the line the places end up<br \/>\nin bad state where communities will be calling on us to take over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also warned NGOs and individuals against the fictitious use of the authorities name to carry out their activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong>By Issah Mohammed\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayford Siaw The Ghana Library Authority (GHLA) has declared the year 2020 as the year of learning. 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