A collection of papers dealing with the situation in the library world in East Africa at the end of the 1960s.
Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Library services – for whom? / Rede Perry-Widstrand -- 3. The University of Nairobi Library / J. Ndegwa -- 4. The Kenya National Library service / F. O. Pala -- 5. The Library of the University of Dar-Es-Salaam / M. Wise -- 6. The Library and adult education in Tanzania: a discussion / T. Nilsson -- 7. The Library and adult education in Tanzania: a survey / N. O. Arunsi -- 8. Libraries are assets in national development / P. J. Mhaiki – 9. The Library of Makerere University / T. K. Lwanga -- 10. The public libraries board in Uganda / C. Kigongo-Bukenya -- 11. The development of library services in East Africa / S. W. Hockey -- 12. The East African school of Librarianship: past, present and future / S. S. Saith -- 13. African bibliography since the Nairobi conference / J. D. Pearson