Namibia: Locals Shy Away From Libraries

All Africa reports Compared to Unam, and the Polytechnic of Namibia, the national library appears to lag behind in as far as technology is concerned. While they (Unam et al) use the computerized system for faster and more efficient work, the public library uses the manual system where everything is done the old-fashioned way by hand.

That doesn’t seem to be a problem for Immanuel and Heitha though, because they love their work.

“These days it’s a competition between the electronic media and books, but cost-wise using the library is cheapest and Internet information is not always reliable,” she said.