RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
Acknowledgements
Many people have contributed to this manual. Thanks go particularly to
Healthlink Worldwide’s project partners and others who have supported
Healthlink Worldwide’s work in resource centre development, on which this
manual is based. Thanks also go to Irene Bertrand, Andrew Buxton, Alfred
Edwards, Jon Gamlon, Lucilda Hunter and special thanks to Wilson Lendita
for reviewing the draft and suggesting improvements.
We are grateful to the Overseas Committee of the States of Jersey for funding
the printing and distribution of the first edition of the manual, and to the
Department for International Development, UK (DFID) for supporting various
projects which enabled us to implement and test our ideas, notably those in the
Middle East, Tanzania, Namibia, Kenya and Southern Africa.
This manual was compiled by Sheila O’Sullivan and Sarah Dutton, with
contributions from Sue Mottram, Victoria Richardson, Margaret Elson,
Suzanne Fustukian, Alison Condie and Andrew Chetley. It was edited by Celia
Till, designed by Ingrid Emsden and laid out by Mary Helena.
The first edition was translated into Arabic by Malek Qutteini, Union of
Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC).
The illustrations are by David Woodroffe. Sources include Where there is no
artist (Petra Röhr-Rouendaal), Let’s teach about AIDS and Health care together.
This revised edition of the Resource Centre Manual was updated by Victoria
Richardson, Daphne Kouretas and Sarah Dutton
We are grateful to Misereor, Germany for funding the revision of this manual.
Resource Centre Manual: How to set up and manage a resource centre
Published by Healthlink Worldwide
Cityside, 40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE
UK
© Healthlink Worldwide 2003
First published 2000
Revised edition 2003
ISBN: 0 907320 57 0
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