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National Bibliography in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Joel Sam
Joel Sam*
Affiliation:
National Science and Technology Library and Information Centre (CSIR), PO Box M32, Accra, Ghana
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Various governments of Ghana have, at least on paper, shown recognition of the need for a national library, which will undertake as one of its principal responsibilities the preparation of the national bibliography. In January 1963, for example, the Ministry of Education set up a Technical Advisory Committee to advise on the need for a national library. The Committee had several sittings and it did succeed in submitting proposals to obtain some financial support if not for the building of a national library then, at least, for developing some of its functions, including the publication of retrospective and current national bibliographies.

Earlier in 1961, the George Padmore Research Library on African Affairs (GPRLAA) had been established by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, former President of Ghana, in memory of his friend, the late George Padmore, with the objective of providing a centre for the study of African affairs in Ghana.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 75 , 1997 , pp. 5 - 11
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1997

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