The Osu Library is a library containing books for children although adults will also visit to find a quiet spot to study or read. The library has existed for over thirty years and is a neighborhood institution. We spoke with the two library staff, Lilly and Evelyn, and they told us that they currently do not have activities for the children but they do have many textbooks and reading materials for the kids, including some very nice big books.
Once again, as in the GLB main library, I saw the phenomenon of multiple copies.Those green books in the picture are not different volumes of a set but the same textbook. Same for the other books with similar spines. In the Ghana schools, children share textbooks with many classmates or perhaps with the whole class. It is a good thing that these textbooks are available in the children's library but it does not seem as if they are being used. My question, would these multiple copies be better used given to teachers in classrooms or to the students? And what were the motivations of the publishers donating these books?
Evelyn, Osu Library staff member and some of the reading materials
