To celebrate this World Book Day, GBA has compiled a list of resources related to book supply chain, book publishing and TLMs you might find useful in your work.
Textbook Requirements: Streamlining Data Sharing
The Returned Book Record/ Textbook Management Information System (RBR/TRIMS) project was envisioned by Paul Gibbings to help improve textbook provision an distribution by ministries and any support organisations to schools in developing countries by replacing a previously tested method of using physically delivered Excel spreadsheets.
Good Stories Don’t Grow on Trees
With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and as part of its work on the early literacy ecosystem and open licensing, Neil Butcher & Associates (NBA) is conducting research on costs associated with production of different kinds of storybooks. NBA’s goal is to contribute to enhancing the availability of children’s books in mother-tongue languages in Africa, supported by open licensing.