The Quest for Sustainability in International Library Development: The Experience of the Riecken Foundation
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- John Boyd, Associate Professor, Info Literacy Librarian (Creator)
- Elizabeth Cramer, Associate Professor & Lead Cataloging Librarian (Contributor)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: The Riecken Foundation provides support to communities in developing countries to create sustainable partnership library programs focusing on collection development, technology applications, and assem- bling professional staff and volunteers. This article studies the experience of the Foundation through re- search gathered in interviews with Bill Cartwright, President and CEO of the Foundation, along with on- site observations at six participating libraries, and offers analysis of documentation related to these sus- tainability initiatives. The study also examines the transition of the Foundation from a private foundation to a public charity and the effect this has had in its programming.
The Quest for Sustainability in International Library Development: The Experience of the Riecken Foundation
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- Publication
- Boyd, J. and Cramer, E. (2013) The Quest for Sustainability in International Library Development: The Experience of the Riecken Foundation 5(2): 70-81. Published by Collaborative Librarianship (ISSN: 1943-7528). Version of record is available at: collaborativelibrarianship.org
- Language: English
- Date: 2013