The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has declared 2020 as the Year of Learning, under the theme “70 years of Transforming Minds through Libraries,” in commemoration of its 70 years of existence.
Ghana Library Authority is the second oldest incorporated institution by an act of Parliament of Ghana and has the mandate to establish, equip, maintain and manage public libraries in Ghana.
In an end-of-year press briefing, the Executive Director, Mr. Hayford Siaw, elaborated on the government’s investment to support its vision of connecting Ghanaians to knowledge resources through innovation.
He also said several measures have been put in place to ensure that public libraries are accessible and conducive for learning.
“In 2019, our Year of Reading, we renovated 25 public libraries that were in a deplorable state and increased our footprint from 61 to 70 libraries to enable the public to engage with our libraries. Our focus was to promote patronage of our libraries while encouraging reading across the country.”
He added that “in our Platinum year, we want to be deliberate about knowledge and skills acquisition because we believe that the ultimate result of reading should be to acquire new or expand knowledge while enhancing skills.”
At the briefing, Mr. Siaw announced five main objectives set for GhLA’s Year of Learning in the area of; technology, book stock, reading promotion, renovation, and increase in public libraries.
In the area of technology, Mr. Siaw mentioned innovative ideas that would improve reading and learning in the country.
H/T: Citinewsroom
