Meyers, Jane Kinney, June 10, 2016. Jane's article "LubutoLiteracy: Use of Digital Technology to Teaching Reading in Zambia" published on IFLA.org
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Mbangu, Ben. "Mumuni Library will enhance children's education- Hademu," The Post (Zambia), 22 May 2016. Zambian newspaper reports on Library Day for Traditional Leaders at the Mumuni Library
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Kayama, Imanga. "Enlightenment to Lubuto's children through reading and culture." Zambia: Nkwazi Magazine, March 2016. Article featured in Proflight's magazine
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Giles, Elizabeth, August 19, 2015. Elizabeth's paper on her research presented at the 2015 IFLA conference in Cape Town, South Africa for the "Dynamic African Libraries for Young People: showcasing best practices to inspire us all" session.
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Meyers, Jane Kinney, August 16, 2015. Jane's paper on partnerships presented at the 2015 IFLA conference in Cape Town, South Africa for the "Dynamic partnerships for access development and transformation in libraries for young people" session.
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"Librarian Profile: Robinson Bwato," Booklinks, Book Aid International, Nov 12/Issue 16, pp 9-10. Lubuto’s colleague and partner Robinson Bwato, head of the Zambia Library Service, talks...
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Wagner, Mary. “Reflections from a Fulbrighter” J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board 2010-2011 Annual Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of State, October 2012, p. 28. Prof. Mary Wagner of St. Catherine University reflects on her time as a Fulbright Scholar in Zambia, teaching in the University of Zambia’s Library Studies program and working with the Lubuto Library Project.
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"Lubuto Library Project Awarded USAID/World Vision/AusAID Grant for Innovative Literacy Solutions - one of 32 awards granted to programs to improve child literacy around the world." D.C. Library Association News, 19 September 2012. EIFL Featured News, 1 October 2012
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“What Africa's Lubuto Library Project Can Teach Us.” Anthony Bernier, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, July 11, 2012. This year's Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship was given to the president of Africa's Lubuto Library Project, Jane Meyers, at the American Library Association's 2012 annual conference in San Diego, for a lifetime of achievement. Presumably we confer awards because exemplary work inspires us to new heights. To what heights does Ms. Meyers' work, particularly with Lubuto, beckon us? Meyers and the Lubuto Library Project deserve recognition because together they imagine a world nearly upside down from the one we commonly inhabit. The project's vision does not seek first to provide library service to impoverished African street youth. It seeks first to build community with and among them. Everything else comes second.
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