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== 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 [[wikidata:Q114353621|Lamu Fort Librarian.]]<!--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 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Khadija Issa Twahir |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114353621 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> had subdivided the library into Research, Archive, E-library and Maktaba Sanaa section, for easy retrieval of information.

=== Research section ===

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=== Maktaba ya Sanaa Section ===

The 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> Because of many art festivals that is organized in Lamu county<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lamu Art Festival – 30 Visual Artists from Europe and Africa |url=http://www.lamu-art-festival.org/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-GB}}</ref> the [[wikidata:Q114353621|Lamu Fort Librarian]]<!--Q114353621--> and Ms. Karin Voogd<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lamu Painters Festival 2015 - Karin Voogd - Lamu, Kenya |url=http://www.lamupaintersfestival.org/painters-festival-2015/painters-2015/voogd/karin-voogd.php |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.lamupaintersfestival.org}}</ref> find the need to create the art section to assist local and international artists with art references Materials.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lamu Art Festival – 30 Visual Artists from Europe and Africa |url=http://www.lamu-art-festival.org/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The first launching of the Maktaba ya sanaa project was done in Lamu during the Lamu Art festival by Hertbert in 2016, the second launch was done at Africa Studies center Library in Leiden University in Netherlands by Ms. Karin Voogd in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibition: Karin Voogd’s Book Covers for a Library of the Arts in Lamu, Kenya {{!}} African Studies Centre Leiden |url=https://www.ascleiden.nl/news/exhibition-karin-voogds-book-covers-library-arts-lamu-kenya |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.ascleiden.nl}}</ref>

== Library Services ==