Global Projects

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The British Library for Development Studies has a global remit, mainly currently funded by UK DFID as part of the Mobilising Knowledge for Development Programme (MK4D). The work falls into two main areas.

The first of these has the extensive BLDS collection as core and is concerned with the profile and accessibility of development research, especially that published in developing countries. As well as maintaining BLDS’ position as the leading collection of materials on international development in Europe, the different projects under this umbrella strive to increase the visibility of the collection for an international audience, focussing in particular on the Southern content, and aim to make the collection globally accessible. Further detail about this work can be found on our Improving Access to Development Research page.

The second area of work recognises that access to information is only part of the picture, and that issues relating to demand for information are equally important. BLDS has thus been working with partners on a number of projects around information literacy in a Southern context, including information sharing workshops, participatory courses and monitoring and evaluation initiatives.Further information about these projects can be found on our Information literacy projects page.