- Title
- Celebrating libraries in 20 years of democracy : an overview of library and information services in South Africa
- Creator
- Satgoor, Ujala
- Subject
- Libraries
- Subject
- Library administration -- South Africa
- Subject
- Information services -- South Africa
- Subject
- Public libraries -- South Africa
- Subject
- Library science -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6997
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019841
- Identifier
- ISSN ISSN: 0340-0352
- Identifier
- http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0340035215585100
- Description
- Since the establishment of the first public library in 1818, the South African library and information services landscape has also been a reflection of the socio-political order and developments in the country. This article presents an historical perspective as well as an overview of libraries in South Africa since 1994, the context within which libraries function, library governance and legislative framework, government funding for redress, library technologies, library and information services education and the professional association. The article further highlights the importance of libraries in meeting the goals of the national development agenda towards entrenching a strong democracy and an educated and informed nation
- Description
- Original publication is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035215585100
- Format
- 15 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- IFLA Journals
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Satgoor, U. (2015) Celebrating libraries in 20 years of democracy: An overview of library and information services in South Africa. IFLA Journal, vol. 41(2) 97-111
- Rights
- Satgoor, Ujala
- Rights
- The author gave permission for the publishing of her article in the Rhodes Digital Commons
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