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The Ghana Library Authority, established in 1950 as the Ghana Library Board, was the first public library service in sub-Saharan Africa. The public library movement in Ghana began in 1928, as a personal effort of the then Anglican Bishop Orfeur Anglionby of Accra. In 1946, the Aglionby Library Management Committee worked with the British Council Advisory Committee, towards library development in the then Gold Coast.[1] In 2018 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo appointed a Ghanaian Social Entrepreneur, Hayford Siaw as GhLA Chief Executive Officer.[2] In May 2021, the Authority was shortlisted for the LBF International Excellence Awards in the 'Library of the Year' Category.[3][4]

  1. ^ Kent, Allen (22 July 2014). Kent, Allen (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science Volume 35. doi:10.1201/9781498710459. ISBN 9781498710459.
  2. ^ "Street Library Director appointed to head Ghana Library Authority". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ghana Library Authority shortlisted for London Book Fair Awards - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ghana Library Authority Shortlisted for the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2021". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

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