Sally Njie

Sally P. C. Njie or N'Jie (born 1932) is a Gambian librarian. She was the first Chief Librarian at the National Library of The Gambia.[1]

Life

Sally Njie was born in Bathurst, British Gambia.[1] She took O Levels by correspondence course in 1959, and was sent by the British Council in 1960 to study librarianship in the United Kingdom. Qualifying as an Associate of the Library Association in 1963, she returned to The Gambia to take charge of the National Library of The Gambia.[2] In 1974, as Senior Librarian at the National Library, Njie was the only professional librarian in Gambia's public library system.[3]

Writings
  • 'The Role of Public Libraries in Developing Countries with Particular Reference to the Gambia'. Presented at the International Federation of Library Associations conference, 1983
  • 'Collecting Policies and Preservation: The Gambia', in Merrily A. Smith, ed., Preservation of Library Materials, 1987, Vol. 1

References
  1. Ceesay, Hassoum (2012). "Njie, Sally". In Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (ed.). Dictionary of African Biography. 4. OUP USA. p. 476. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  2. Mary A. Thornhill, Factors in library development in The Gambia, Master's Thesis, Loughborough University, 1983, p.80, 89, 131.
  3. 'The Library Serices, The Gambia', The Sierra Leone Library Journal, Vols 1-2, 1974, p.3
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