Sally P. C. Njie or N'Jie (30 August 1932 – 25 August 2020) was a Gambian librarian. She was the first Chief Librarian at the

National Library of The Gambia The Gambia National Library Service Authority is located in Banjul, Gambia. The library was originally operated by the British Council till 1946 and was renamed to the National Library of The Gambia by 1971. The library is maintained and administe ...

Life

Sally Njie was born in Bathurst,

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. She took O Levels by correspondence course in 1959, and was sent by the British Council in 1960 to study librarianship in the

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. Qualifying as an Associate of the

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in 1963, she returned to The Gambia to take charge of the

.Mary A. Thornhill
Factors in library development in The Gambia
Master's Thesis, Loughborough University, 1983, p.80, 89, 131. In 1974, as Senior Librarian at the National Library, Njie was the only professional librarian in Gambia's public library system.'The Library Services, The Gambia', ''The Sierra Leone Library Journal'', Vols 1-2, 1974, p.3 After retiring from the National Library, she worked at and developed the library at The Gambia Central Bank for over 10 years. She finally retired from public service in 2002 and devoted the last 18 years of her life to the Methodist church in The Gambia. She died peacefully at her home in Fajara after a 2 year illness and is buried in Banjul cemetery close to her relatives.

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

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