18th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL)
July 2008
Lusaka, Zambia
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18th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) |
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Tours & Excursions Tours will be conducted on Friday 18th July 2008, from 14:00hrs. Participants planning to visit Livingstone, the home of the Victoria Falls, should make their arrangements for Saturday, 19th July. Lubuto LibraryLubuto library in Kamwala is a special place where street kids and other marginzalized children can read for themselves, look at books or have books read to them. In Lubuto library, children come in contact with and explore the world and their human heritage. The library building is designed to give homeless children profound and rich spaces, a 'home' to read and learn in. The library is a haven from a harsh life, where children can just be children, and where books can allow them to dream and envision a better future. Giving vulnerable children the opportunity to learn to read and to learn, even if they are excluded from formal schooling, will help them to go in positive directions with their lives, knowing that society is providing a place for them and cares about their welfare. The library introduce the communitites in which they are established to the role libraries can play – and have played in the U.S. – in opening doors of opportunity for marginalized populations. That these libraries focus on the youngest and most vulnerable members of society makes their societal impact potentially very powerful. Adults, and youth from intact families who attend school, will also want to be in Lubuto Libraries – and the resulting interaction will allow Lubuto's kids to be more connected to their culture and society, to others. The library is only one of the many Lubuto Libraries to be built in future.
The University of Zambia LibraryThe University of Zambia Library which is along the Great East Road opened in 1969. It is the largest library in the country which has grown to become Zambia's leading academic library, with multiple locations and a collection of more than four hundred thousand items. The services and resources that the library provides are the bedrock on which the UNZA community builds its high standard of learning, teaching and research. The Library is the heart of the university.
Lusaka National MuseumThis cultural history museum tells the story of Zambia in four main sections; ethnography, witchcraft, history and contemporary art. It is ten minutes drive from the Town Centre. Munda Wanga Environmetal ParkMunda Wanga Environmetal Park is said to be one of Zambia’s leading environmental education centres in Zambia, Zambia’s only botanical garden and considered one of the best wildlife sanctuary in Zambia.
Parliament LibraryThis Library is one of the most beautiful library in Zambia located within the Parliament Grounds. The Library is set up to provide Hon. Members with information they need in order that they meaningfully and effectively participate in the debate of many issues that come before the House. Members of staff are also allowed to use the library. Persons from outside, e.g. senior Government officials, students at higher university level, may ask for permission to use the Library from Mr. Speaker. Library services are intended for full utilisation by members.. The Library is both special and general in the provision of information. Special because it is at times required to make available specialised information to special Parliamentary Committees or even to individual Hon. Members. It is general because Hon. Members are generalists. They can be asked to solve problems, both in the House and in the constituency, on any subject that arises - it could be on the provision of education, lack of roads, pollution, or even on AIDS. The information found in the Library, therefore, covers a wide spectrum of subjects. These include; law, political science, human rights, economics, international affairs, tourism and agriculture. The Library also specialises in information on Zambia including its history and present position.
The Victoria FallsIt is said that if you come to Zambia and you do not visit Victoria Falls, then you have not yet been to Zambia. The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders) is a waterfall located in Livingstone, in Southern Province on the Zambezi River of Zambia, about 472km South of Lusaka bordering Zimbabwe. The falls are, by some measures, the largest waterfall in the world, as well as being among the most unusual in form, and having arguably the most diverse and easily seen wildlife of any major water fall. It is 1 708 meters wide, making it the largest curtain of water in the world. It drops between 90m and 107m into the Zambezi Gorge and an average of 550,000 cubic metres of water plummet over the edge every minute.
Participants requring assistsnce with arrangments should contact the Hospitality Sub-committee Chairperson, Mrs M. Mumba on mmumba@necz.org.zm. |
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