RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
Further reading
A list of useful materials, including materials relating generally to resource centres, and
those relating more specifically to individual sections of this manual.
General
BAIRD, Nicola
Setting up and running a school library
London : VSO : and : Harcourt Education, 1994, 137 p ill.
ISBN: 0 435 92304 8
Practical guide to setting up and running a school library. Designed for teachers
and untrained librarians.
Note: Translated into Hindi in 2001, but these translations no longer in stock
(ISBN: 0 435 99928 1).
Available from: Heinemann International Division, Harcourt Education, Halley
Court, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8EJ, UK E-mail:
Internet: http://www.internationalschools.co.uk Fax: +44 1865 314 290
Price: £5.50
CENTRE FOR HEALTH EDUCATION TRAINING AND NUTRITION
AWARENESS (CHETNA)
How to manage a user-friendly documentation centre : a training module
Ahmedabad : CHETNA, 2002, 56 p.
A training manual for resource centre or information managers. It includes the
basics of setting up a resource centre. The first section presents a number of
training exercises, and the second section provides 2–3 pages of bullet points and
explanations on each topic, including identifying an appropriate location,
ordering, cataloguing and classifying materials, using a database,
labelling/signposting, shelving, circulation, and finally promoting the centre.
Available from: Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness
(CHETNA), Lilavatiben Lalbhai's Bungalow, Civil Camp Road, Shahibaugh,
Internet: http://www.chetnaindia.org Fax: +91 79 2866513 / 2113005
Price: Rs50 US$5.00
CHIWARE, Elisha and HADEBE, Bonani (Eds)
A manual for rural libraries in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo : Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme, 1992, 72 p
ill.
ISBN: 0 7974 1059 7
A useful manual intended for rural libraries in Zimbabwe, but applicable to all
small resource centres and libraries.
Available from: Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme
+263 9 75337
FURTHER READING
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