70% of Christian books published in Nigeria have no ISBN

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Christian literature is now playing major role of winning souls for Christ but some writers are not following the rules of the game. 70% of Christian writers today published without obtaining ISBN numbers. The National Library of Nigeria (NLN) doesn’t have records of their publications. 

Mr. Wole Adedoyin, the National President of the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers (ANCAPS) made this known after a brief press conference on the 2017 edition of Nigerian Christian Literature Award (NCLA) held in Ibadan yesterday. 

The research recently carried out by our body showed that 70% of christian writers in the country published without obtaining ISBN and 50% of them don’t even know that the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) is the regulatory body for ISBN in the country.

According to Mr. Adedoyin “Christian writers are always in hurry to publish, some of them also believe they don’t need ISBN because they are not writing academic textbooks for schools and colleges.

Even Christian writers who published with ISBN erroneously obtained them from printers and not from the ISBN regulatory body (NLN). I think the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) branches across the country need to take their ISBN campaign to different religion organizations and bodies”.

 “NLN should now focus their beam light on religion organizations and denominations. They should sensitize and educate them on why they should obtain ISBN and where to get it from. Some printers and publishers are now awarding ISBN numbers as if they have the machines manufacturing the numbers at home, Adedoyin added.

National Coordinator of Nigerian Christian Literature Award however described a book without ISBN number or not obtained from the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) as illegal or unconstitutional publication.

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ICANN publishes beta KPI dashboard

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The management of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published its beta version of the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboard, reports ITRealms.

Also, ITRealms reports that after over a year of building ICANN's management discipline and solidifying the planning cycle, ICANN chief executive officer, Mr. Fadi Chehade said he was pleased to announce that today we've published a beta version of the ICANN Beta KPI Dashboard which could be find here: https://www.icann.org/progress.

According to him, the Beta KPI dashboard, in addition to the Quarterly Stakeholder Calls that have been in place since the start of 2015 Financial Year (FY15), which allows for regular report on progress made against ICANN's strategic and operating plans that the community have helped create. 

“We established the Quarterly Stakeholder Calls and the KPI Dashboard to allow anyone to stay informed on ICANN's activities and to help take the reporting out of ICANN Meetings so we can use this valuable time for more robust discussions.

The beta KPI dashboard, he said, is aligned to the five objectives and 16 goals per the Five-Year Strategic and Operating Plan, and contains over 40 KPIs with data as of June 2015.

ICANN president equally said, this is a tool used by ICANN's management to help bring clarity to discussions and track trends over time, stressing his ability to share this with the internet community, so that they also have visibility of ICANN's work and can help keep the organization accountable.

The dashboard, he emphasised is a beta version, which means ICANN is asking for feedback to help track the right KPIs and set the right targets. 

“If there is something you don't agree with or doesn't quite make sense, please send your questions or comments to: dashboard-feedback@icann.org,” he said, promising that there would be a session at ICANN54 in Dublin covering more on the beta KPI dashboard.

 

 +Remmy Nweke (ITRealms)
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