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== Classification of library collection ==

The library uses the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal Classification system]] to classify its collection.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/science/Dewey-Decimal-Classification</ref> Lamu Fort Library is still using a [[Browne Issue System|Browne Charging system]] to lend books. The system uses cards to lend and retrieve books that were borrowed, the cards are arranged in a tray by date of return.<ref>{{citationCite web needed|datetitle=January[Solved] Arrange in sequence the steps of the Browne Charging System. |url=https://testbook.com/question-answer/arrange-in-sequence-the-steps-of-the-browne-chargi--659cebd52d7774f3163f9e04 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Testbook}}</ref> The library has about 10,000 items classified under Dewey Decimal Classification System and the catalogue uses the [[Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR, AACR2, AACR2R) |url=https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2018/12/anglo-american-cataloguing-rules-aacr.html |access-date=2024-03-07}}</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]].<!--https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114353621--> 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 ==

The Librarian had subdivided the library into Research, Archive, E-library and Maktaba Sanaa section, for easy retrieval of information.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

=== 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> and Quest for the past : An historical guide to the Lamu Archipelago by Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin and Esmond Bradley Martine,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Francesco Siravo and Ann Pulver, new research collections "in this fragile World"<ref>{{Citation |last=Mau |first=Ustadh Mahmoud |title=In This Fragile World: Swahili Poetry of Commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau |date=2023-02-06 |work=In This Fragile World |url=https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/62192 |access-date=2024-03-15 |publisher=Brill |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-52572-6}}</ref> a book edited by Clarissa Vierke and Annachiara Raia and many more.