FAVL reports
Annual Reports
- 2009: Report on Burkina Faso libraries (English)
- 2009: Rapport d'activités des bibliothèques de Burkina Faso (français)
Newsletters
- November 2012 | May 2012 | October 2011 | June 2011 | September 2010 | December 2009 | July 2009 | November 2008 | May 2008 | Sept 2007 | Dec 2006 | Dec 2005
IRS Form 990 (Exempt organization tax return)
From the field
- Report on Librarian Workshop, Uganda, July 2010
- 2009: Report on Boni and Dimikuy libraries
- August 2009: Reading Conference, Uganda
Manuals for librarians
- Manual for village librarians [in English, from FAVL Ghana]
- Manuel pour les bibliothécaires de village (provisoire) [in French, from FAVL Burkina Faso]
FAVL Brochures
FAVL White Papers
- Spreading Words Around the World: Cost & Time Efficient Marketing Methods, by Carly Crittenden, Sunny Jain, Ellen Metzger, and Anthony Yen
Guides to setting up village libraries
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Libraries for All! How to Start and Run a Basic Library, by Laura Wendell, remains an excellent resource. It is available in two formats:
- - PDF (9.3 Mb): http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001171/117165Eo.pdf
- - RTF (1.0 Mb): http://www.unesco.org/webworld/publications/library_manual_final.rtf
Research
- Les habitudes de lecture des élèves des établissements secondaires de Ouagadougou, 3ème et 1ère, leur performance scolaire et aspirations personnelles, Michael Kevane and Félix Compaoré and Alain Sissao. Bulletin des Bibliotheques de France, Vol 54, No. 4, 2009.
- How Much do Village Libraries Increase Reading? Results from a Survey of 10th Graders in Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane and Alain Sissao. LIBRI: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 2008, 58(3):202-210.
- Habitudes de lecture des élèves de 3ème dans les villages et petites villes du Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane and Alain Sissao. Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France, 2007, Vol. 52(1).
- The cost of getting books read in rural Africa, Michael Kevane and Alain Sissao.
- Modelling the rural community library: Characteristics of the Kitengesa Library in rural Uganda, Valeda Dent.
- A Rural Community Library in Africa: A Study of its Use and Users, Valeda Dent and Lauren Yannotta.
