Description:
Executive Summary:
The Myanmar Library Survey is the first in-
depth nationwide study of the country?s public libraries.
Commissioned by The Asia Foundation in partnership with the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation
Foundation (MBAPF), the survey aimed to establish a comprehensive, current picture of the Myanmar
public library system to help inform the development of Myanmar?s information architecture and
community initiatives. While much can be done to improve infrastructure and better support their role as
information hubs, the survey
reveals that citizens perceive libraries as having a significant and positive
impact on community life.
The survey findings will be circulated amongst key stakeholders, including
governmental officials, policy makers, local and international
non-governmental organizations, civil
society, and local communities.
A country coming out of decades of isolation, Myanmar is now rapidly building the information
infrastructure needed for its citizens to participate in the reform process and compete in
the global
marketplace. Myanmar?s reverence toward libraries and its vast library network has the potential to aid
this process. This study focuses on public libraries
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defined in Myanmar as libraries registered with the
government
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because of their accessibility to a wider number of people and potential for scalability. In
addition to public libraries, Myanmar has university, monastic, private, and specialized libraries, few of
which register as public libraries.
There are 55,755 registered public libr
aries in the country, but only 4,868 are considered active. Prior to
this study, very little was known about them. The objectives of the project were to sample active public
libraries in order to: ..."
Source/publisher:
Asia Foundation, Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation
Date of Publication:
2014-01-00
Date of entry:
2014-07-21
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English