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Dual use school community libraries: expedient compromise or imaginative solution?
(University of Alberta Libraries, 2021-02)
The paper reports on a research project in a group of six dual use school community
libraries in a rural region of South Africa1. The six dual use libraries were established with donor
funding in 2001 as part of a larger ...
Public Libraries Stepping into the Gap?: A Study of School Learners' Use of Libraries in a Disadvantaged Community in Cape Town
(University of Alberta Libraries, 2021)
According to public library staff none of the Vista schools has a functioning library or a librarian on its staff. In itslack of school libraries Vista is no different from other parts of South Africa. Less than a third ...
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, ...
The information landscape: political democracy versus epistemic games with specific reference to South African communities
(University of Free State, 2004)
The South African government and proffessions are taking stock of the transforamtion of the last decade. Manucipalities still face serious problems such as urbun populattion growth, poverty, housing shortages environmental ...
E-book usage amongst academic librarians in South Africa
(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2011)
The purpose of this study completed in 2010 was to investigate the use of e-books amongst academic librarians; in
particular which e-books are available to academic librarians, why they choose this format, what impact ...
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 ...
All together now?
(International Association of School Librarianship Conference, 2019)
The paper explores the meaning of the recently drafted National Policy for Library and Information
Services (NPLIS) for school librarianship in South Africa. It argues that, after years of failed advocacy, a
convergence ...