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Guust van Wesemael
Literacy Prize
2007

IFLA is pleased to announce that the National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU), is the winner of the Guust van Wesemael Literacy Prize 2007.

The objective of this award is to sponsor a public or school library in a developing country to perform activities in the field of literacy: collection development, promotion, training, policy development or otherwise. The prize provides 3000 Euros toward these activities.

The Guust van Wesemael Literacy Prize for 2007 is awarded to the National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU) for its Pallisa District School Library Development Project.

This Prize was established in 1991 by IFLA's Executive Board to commemorate the late Guust van Wesemael, Coordinator of IFLA's Professional Activities from 1979 to 1990 and Deputy Secretary General of IFLA from 1979 to 1991. Funded by donations, the Guust van Wesemael Literacy Prize has been awarded biennially since 1997.

The Guust van Wesemael Literacy Prize 2007 was handed to representatives of Yunnan Provincial Library during the World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council, Durban South Africa (19-23 August 2007).