Lamu Fort Library

**Lamu Fort Library** nyɛla National Museums of Kenya yaɣa shɛli. Lala karimbu yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi yuuni 1978 ka di daa nyɛ kundivihira karimbu shee zaŋ n-ti museum's karimba nima mini vihigu niŋdiba. Yuuni 1986 bɛ daa taɣi di biɛhigu shee ŋɔ labisi Lamu Fort Museum.

## Taarihi zaŋ n-ti karimbu shee ŋɔ

Lala karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din be Lamu Fort Museum bɔhimbu yaɣa ni. Bɛ daa zaŋ li n-ti National Museum of Kenya yuuuni 1985. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (S.I.D.A) daa nyɛla ban sɔŋ National Museums of Kenya ka bɛ daa lɛbigi Fort boli Museum. Yuuni 1986 lala karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni daa labi yoogi shɛli Fort Museum, ŋun daa yooli nyɛ Mr.K.Nordenskiöld diracta kuro zaŋ n-ti  S.I.D.A atalaata dabisili silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi ni ayi dali yuuni 1986.

## Classification of Library Collection
Lala karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din mali Dewey Decimal Classification system puri din laɣim shɛli. Lamu Fort Library nyɛla din na mali Browne Charging system paŋdi buku nima. Di nyɛla din mali gbɔŋ bihi paŋdi ka diri buku shɛŋa niriba ni daa paŋ, lala gbɔŋ bihi nyɛla bɛ pii shɛli doli di labisibu dabisa. Karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din mali kalinli kamani 10,000 nima be Dewey Decimal Classification System ka di nyɛ din mali  Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules tumdi tuma.

## Branch of the Lamu Fort Library
Lamu Fort Library nyɛla din zaŋ buku nima din kalinli gari 2000 ni di zaŋ piligi karimbu shee Siyu Fort. Lala karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi yuuni 2020 ni Lamu Fort Librarian sɔŋsim. Karimbu shee ŋɔ daa nya sɔŋsim din yina Lamu Fort karimbu shee, British Council, Macmillan,  National Museum of Kenya Resources Center n-ti pahi ninvuɣ shɛba ban daa sɔŋ. Nia shɛli bɛ ni daa mali ka kpa karimbu shee Siyu nyɛ ni bɛ kpaŋsi Siyu ʒilɛli ni nima karimbu ka lahi ti Siyu shikubihi mini di ʒilɛli ni nima karimbu lahaya. Fort ŋɔ nyɛla din be  Siyu Primary shikuru mini di ashibiti sunsun. Karimbu shee nyɛla din mali Dewey Decimal Classification deeri di buku mini Anglo American Cataloguing zalikpana.

## Lamu Fort Library Sections
Lala karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din la pirigi vihigu," Archive", "E-library" n-ti pahi Maktaba Sanaa yaɣili din yɛn chɛ ka bɛ labiri deeri lahabali alaha..

### Vihigu yaɣili
Vihigu yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla din mali "theses", projɛct nima, taarihi buku nima, "periodicals", ninsali nima yɛltɔɣa  n-ti pahi "dissertations".  Di bɔhimbu yaɣa nyɛ Lamu taarihi, "archaeology", "anthropology" n-ti pahi poɛtry. Ninvuɣ shɛba din jɛndi nyɛ Swahili lahabali sabiriba niriba ni mi kamani: Professor Sheikh Nabhany,  Ban daa ŋmɛ Lamu "Conservation" buku nima nyɛ Usam Ghaidan,mini Quest : ban daa su taarihi yaɣili zaŋ n-ti Lamu Archipelago nyɛ Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin mini Esmond Bradley Martine, Francesco Siravo mini Ann Pulver, n-daa su vihigu yaɣili "in this fragile World". 

### Archive yaɣili
Karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din mali "archival materials" kamani anfooni din daa be Lamu, 19th mini 20th century manuscripts, gbana lahabali kura, "magazines" n-ti pahi "periodicals", ni bɛ laɣa kura.Bɛ ni daa nya li so shɛli nyɛ "digitization project" shɛli Lamu Fort karimbu shee nima ni daa niŋ. UMADA project nyɛla din daa niŋ kalinli kamani tɔsa ayi "manuscripts and audio cassettes" din daa yina imam Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir ka shɛba tooi mi o Ustadh Mau.  Ŋun daa lihiri tuma maa chandi nyɛ Annachiara Raia, o yina la African Studies Centre Leiden din be Netherlands. Ban daaa deei di laɣa dibu nyɛ UCLA’s Modern Endangered Archives Program ka daa nya sɔŋsim din yina ARCADIA. "The digitized poems" ŋɔ nyɛla niri ni tooi nya shɛli UCLA Library Digital Collections.  Yaha MprinT tuma  daa nyɛla din piligi Lamu Fort Library ni museum's tun tumdiba n-ti pahi ninvuɣ shɛba ban daa paɣa bɛ suhi ka yina  Islamic manuscripts din be Lamu Archipelago,  MprinT tuma ŋɔ yaa daa nyɛla din be Professor Anne Katrine Bang  nuu ni ka yina Bergen University in Norway bɔhimbu yaɣili booni Archaeology. 

### E-library yaɣili
E-library yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛ neema kamani buku nima din yina Z-Library.  Lala E-library yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi ni Ms. Shama Gaziza sɔŋsim. O zo Ms. Shama nyɛla ŋun daa zaŋ komputa nima mini smart TV n-ti ni bɛ piligi E-library yaɣili. Yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla din mali silimiinsili buku nima din kalinli gari tɔhili n-ti pahi Kenya School Syllabus buku nima.

### Maktaba ya Sanaa yaɣili
Lamu  Maktaba ya Sanaa yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla "Library of Art" yaɣili din daa piligi yuuni 2018. Yaɣili ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni daa piligi shɛli ni bɛ bo kundivihira zaŋ n-ti "local and international artists". Di daliri daa nyɛla art festivals shɛŋa bɛ ni daa tooi niŋdi Lamu tiŋgbani zuɣu  ka Lamu Fort Librarian mini Ms. Karin Voogd daa nya ka di tu kamaata ni bɛ bo kundivihira zaŋ n-ti  "local and international artists". Maktaba ya sanaa tuuli tuma daa nyɛla din niŋ Lamu Art chuɣu ni, Hertbert yuuni 2016 ka di din pahiri ayi nyɛ din daa niŋ Africa Studies center Library in  Leiden University din be Netherlands, Ms. Karin Voogd yuuni 2017

## Karimbu shee tuma nima

* Archive tuma
* E-library tuma
* Karimbu mini vihigu tuma
* Maktaba ya Sanaa tuma
* Alaafee lahabali

## pina

Lamu Fort Library nyɛla din bef Kenya Library Association ka nyɛ din kpaɣiri m-bo Maktaba pina tum yuuni 2010. Yuuni 2011 Lamu Fort Library n-daa di 2nd runner up in Public Library Categories pini n-ti pahi 3rd runner up in Community Library yuuni 2018https://museums.or.ke/lamu-museum/.
## Zosim nima zaŋ n-ti karimbu shee ŋɔ
# Africa Studies Centre Leiden University Library, Netherlands
# Bergen University Norway
# Professor Anne Katrina Bang
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# Ms. Shama Gaziza from USA
# Ms. Karin Voogd Rotterdam, Netherlands
# AgaKhan Foundation, Lamu
# Agakhan University Hospital Library Nairobi
# Ustadh Mau
# Assistant Professor Annachiara Raia
# Book Bunk Trust
# Ms. Faith Mwanyolo Wikimedia Foundation Kenya

### Other National Museums of Kenya Libraries

* National Museum of Kenya Resource Centre
* Malindi Web Library
* Coastal Resource Centre Library
* Botanic Library
* Zoological Library

## Kundivihira