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{{Short description|Library in Kenya}}
[[File:Lamu Fort Library.jpg|thumb|Lamu Fort Library]]
[[File:Lamu Old Town.jpg|thumb|Lamu Island]]
'''Lamu Fort Library''' is a branch of the [[National Museums of Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Museums of Kenya – Where Heritage Lives on |url=https://museums.or.ke/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> The Library was initiated in 1978 as a reference library for museum's staff and researchers. In 1986 it was relocated to a more specious room at the Lamu Fort Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lamu Museum – National Museums of Kenya |url=https://museums.or.ke/lamu-museum/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |language=en-US
== History of the
[[File:Lamu Fort.jpg|thumb|Lamu Fort]]
The library is a department of the Lamu Fort Museum
== Classification of
The library uses the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal Classification system]] to classify its collection.<ref>
== Branch of the Lamu Fort Library ==
The Lamu Fort Library have donated over 2000 books to build up a library in Siyu Fort.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siyu Fort – National Museums of Kenya |url=https://museums.or.ke/siyu-fort/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> The library was started in 2020 with the assistance of the [[commons:File:Khadija Twahir.jpg|Lamu Fort Librarian]]. The Library collection consists of donations from the Lamu Fort Library, the British Council, Macmillan, the National Museum of Kenya Resources Center and individual donors. The aim of setting up a library in [[Siyu]] is to boost the reading culture of Siyu Community and also to give the Siyu community access to information materials to students and Siyu community. The Fort is Located between Siyu Primary School and a hospital. The library collection is classified using the Dewey Decimal Classification and catalogued using Anglo American Cataloguing rules.
== Lamu Fort Library Sections ==
=== Research section ===
The research section holds theses, projects, historical books, periodicals, bibliographies, and dissertations. The collection covers Lamu history, archaeology, anthropology and poetry. It includes many rare publications of popular Swahili writers such as: Professor Sheikh Nabhany,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jumbe |first=Ishaq |title=Kenya's Kiswahili guru Professor Ahmed Sheikh Nabhani is dead |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001230457/kenya-s-kiswahili-guru-professor-ahmed-sheikh-nabhani-is-dead |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-05 |title=Sun sets on Ahmed Nabhany, one of Kenya's best Kiswahili literary and cultural icons |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/weekend/sun-sets-on-ahmed-nabhany-one-of-kenya-s-best-kiswahili-literary-and-cultural-icons-368144 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref> Lamu Conservation books by Usam Ghaidan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usam Ghaidan - Academia.edu |url=https://independent.academia.edu/UsamGhaidan |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=independent.academia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=GHAIDAN |first=Usam |url=https://www.amazon.com/Lamu-Study-Conservation-Usam-Ghaidan/dp/B001N3UPXK |title=Lamu: A study in conservation |date=1976-01-01 |publisher=East African Literature Bureau |edition=Prima edizione |language=English}}</ref>
=== Archive section ===
The library holds a large and diverse range of archival materials such as old photographs from Lamu, 19th and 20th century manuscripts, old newspapers, magazines and periodicals, as well as old currencies, and files. A part of the archival collection is digital. It was obtained through a [[digitization]] project that was hosted by Lamu Fort Library. The UMADA project digitized roughly two thousand manuscripts and audio cassettes from the personal library of Lamu poet and [[imam]] Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir, locally known as Ustadh Mau.
=== E-library section ===
The E-library section is the digital collection, comprising materials such as digital books from Z-Library, and the digital collection that were acquired out of the digitalization work that was done at the library archive section.<ref name=":0" /> The E-library section was started with the help of Ms. Shama Abdul Gaziza. A friend of the library, Ms. Shama donated computers and a smart TV to start up the E-library section. The section has over one thousand digital English books of varies subjects including Kenya School Syllabus books.
=== Maktaba ya Sanaa Section ===
The [https://www.lamu-maktaba-ya-sanaa.com/ Lamu Maktaba ya Sanaa] section is the Library of Art section that was started in 2018. The section has collection of art books, zines, periodicals, art catalogues, magazines and many more. The section was made intentional to provide reference materials for the local and international artists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LMYS – Lamu Maktaba Ya Sanaa |url=https://www.lamu-maktaba-ya-sanaa.com/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Project – LMYS |url=https://www.lamu-maktaba-ya-sanaa.com/about-us/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en}}</ref>
== Library Services ==
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* E-library Services
* Reading and Research Services
* [https://www.lamu-maktaba-ya-sanaa.com/ Maktaba ya Sanaa Services]
* Health Information
== Awards ==
Lamu Fort Library is a member of
== Friends of the Library ==
# [https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/library Africa Studies Centre Leiden University Library, Netherlands]
# [[Bergen University Norway]]
# [https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Anne.Katrine.Bang#uib-tabs-current-projects Professor Anne Katrina Bang]
# [[wmfblog:2023/07/19/wikimedia-kaduna-connect-a-campaign-for-free-knowledge-and-connectivity-2023/|Wikimedia Kaduna User group Nigeria]]
# Ms. Shama Abdul Gaziza from USA
# [https://www.lamu-maktaba-ya-sanaa.com/ Ms. Karin Voogd Rotterdam, Netherlands]
# [https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/creating-hope-kenya AgaKhan Foundation, Lamu]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{coord missing|Kenya}}
[[Category:Lamu Archipelago]]
[[Category:Libraries in Kenya]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in Kenya]]
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