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Challenges in digitising liberation archives: a case study
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016)
The article reports on a study of the challenges facing a liberation archive which is attempting to digitise its collections and of how the Archive has responded to the challenges. The article is framed by the critical ...
Libraries and a “Better Life for All”: The politics, processes, and promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims
for the role of libraries in democracy; and, on the twenty-first anniversary
of democracy in South Africa, it is an opportune moment to
examine the rather ...
South Africa’s LIS Transformation Charter: policies, politics and professionals
(IFLA, 2014)
The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in
democracy; and, on the 20-year anniversary of the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, it is
an opportune moment to ...
How school libraries improve literacy: some evidence from the trenches
(Unisa Press, 2013)
The article comes out of a panel discussion, featuring five teacher-librarians, which was
broadcast to schools across the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2011. Four
of the panelists are graduates of the University ...
The “tricky business” of dual use school community libraries: A case study in rural South Africa
(Walter de Gruyter, 2011)
The article describes an interpretive case study of a group of six dual use school community libraries in one remote region of South Africa. Its focus is rather more on the libraries as school libraries than public libraries. ...
From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth
(LIASA, Stellenbosch University, 2013)
In this article we consider the configuration of the South African library and information services (LIS) sector, and analyse the extent to which its structuring facilitates or hinders optimum service to the children and ...
New vision, new goals, new markets? Reflections on a South African case study of community library services
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2010)
The article reflects on a case study of a group of six school-based dual use libraries in rural South Africa – focusing
specifically on their community role. Its starting point is the library and information services (LIS) ...
The drive for school libraries in South Africa: intersections and connections
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)
This paper traces the important developments in school librarianship in South Africa since 2007, during which time the drive to address
huge backlogs in school library provision has gained momentum - largely, it argues, ...
Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition
(Elsevier, 2010)
Job satisfaction was investigated at a South
African university library undergoing
change on many fronts. The study included
31 members of staff and the data were
gathered via interviews/questionnaires,
informed by ...