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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) ...
Places for all? Cape Town's public library services to gays and lesbians
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2010)
The article reports on an investigation of the provision of gay and lesbian literature and of information services to gays and
lesbians in Cape Town’s public libraries. Although by definition public libraries serve all ...
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, ...
Educators and public librarians: Unwitting partners in the information literacy education of South African youth?
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006)
The article details a study which examined the capacity of public libraries to offer information literacy education in South Africa. It investigates the perceptions of public library staff on their role in information ...
The conundrum of school libraries in South Africa
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)
Introduction: The first democratic elections in 1994, leading to the end of apartheid education, new
educational legislation and a new curriculum, brought fresh optimism to South African
school library circles. This was ...
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 ...
“Don’t They Know How Important It Is?”
(International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings, 2021)
The paper comes out of a month-long case study of information literacy education in two
public libraries in a small South African town in the rural province of Mpumalanga,
undertaken in October 2004. The participant ...