a volunteer tech dir f or Toyin Falola Africa library foundation

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Abdulakeem sodeeq on this platform is an academic librarian with 14 published papers,  offering himself as a volunteer for the proposed Toyin Falola Africa library foundation . maybe  we make him the acting technical director of this project and i would take the role of acting project  coordinator.

in addition to the two volunteers thats me and sodeeq, we have potentially or already  two Donors in the persons of  professor  kenneth harrow  and toyin vincent adepoju, they have both raised the issue of safety and security of the books, we should also be thinking of rainfall,flood or leaking roofs and maybe some damaging insects.

there should be a mode of conveying the books to the desired destination at very little cost to both sides or no cost at all.

maybe we have to set up a virtual shipping company. i do not mean we own a ship. the books can come into africa in trickles, cartons, suitcases ,brief cases, crates or containers the all mighty containers  at litttlle or no cost. i see there is an organisation called BOOK2Africa  we studied them and perhaps we could do some things together, we do not have to re invent the wheel, we could learn from them

[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

powerful ideas.

please allow me to correct the impression that I volunteered to be a donor.

i was only describing my thoughts and things i have done in the past.

great thanks

toyin

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[Mr. E. B. Jaiyeoba]

Dear Professors and Academics,

A laudable proposal form Baba Togonu-Bickersteth, wonderful discussions and there are philanthropic donors already and other donors are warming up. 

I have one question though, where will the books be kept? I suggest a physical library will be needed not only for books but also for e-books in the mode of Presidential libraries in the USA or a foundation library with distinct character and possibility of online browsing of available resources. What are we going to name the library? Toyin Falola Foundation Library?

Where will it be located? How will the library be sustainably run even after all present stakeholders are gone?

If and when these decisions are taken, I volunteer to design the library in my capacity as a registered architect- academic and practitioner.  If we want it iconic, so will it be! Can we start preparing the brief/programme together as stakeholders? If and when we do decide on the way forward, we will all contribute to the brief/programme as stakeholders.

Thank you.

Babatunde JAIYEOBA

E. Babatunde JAIYEOBA PhD

Professor of Architecture

Department of Architecture

Faculty of Environmental Design and Management

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

ebj...@oauife.edu.ng; tundej...@yahoo.co.uk; +234 80337880023

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