The International Network of Emerging Library Innovators – Sub Saharan Africa (INELI-SSAf) Programme

A 2-year INELI Sub-Saharan Africa Program for Public Librarians will commence in May 2018. Four (4) Librarians from knls (Raymond Chepkwony, Elizabeth Keitany, Beatrice Salai, Jennifer Otama) are among the 34 innovators that were selected to participate in this program. Within the 2-year period, participants will attend 3 face-to-face convening and in between they will carry out tasks, some of them online, with the guidance of a Mentor. The 1^st convening will be held in Accra, Ghana from 12^th – 16^th May 2018, the 2^nd in June 2019 and the 3^rd in June 2020 in different countries. Knls encourages the young librarians to take advantage of such opportunities that are important in their professional development. Knls Board has incorporated budgetary support for librarians to participate in international capacity building programs whenever possible in order to strengthen internal skills capacity and mentor leaders from within the organization.