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The State Library functioned as both a public and national library, from the early 1890’s to 1964. The State Library ultimately took the responsibility of legal deposit too. These two libraries merged in November of 1999 and became the National Library of South Africa.
National Library of South Africa [Pretoria Campus] [1] ... North-West University Library Service [22] Northern Cape. Sol Plaatje University Library [23]
The Coalition of South African Library Consortia (COSALC), a non-profit organisation, was established in 1999 as a single umbrella organisation to include the various higher education academic library consortia, the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), and the various research entities.
South Africa: National Library of South Africa (Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid Afrika) Pretoria and Cape Town [223] South Sudan [nb 6] [No national library] [224] Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España [National Library of Spain] Madrid [225] ♦ Catalonia: Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya) Barcelona [40] Sri Lanka: National Library ...
The South African Public Library, now known as the National Library of South Africa (Cape Town) . was the first library to be established in South Africa. This was done by a government proclamation on 20 March 1818. The South African Library in fact started off as a true public library and has established itself as a pioneering institution in ...
The first African Public Library Summit took place in Johannesburg in 2012, hosted by the University of South Africa [35] [34] Evidence show that the maiden Summit was not organized under the auspices of AfLIA, as the Association had not been established as at then but the second and third African Public Library Summits which took place in ...
The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was launched on 10 July 1997. The launch marked the end of the process of unification of all existing library organisations in South Africa, which had been initiated in January 1995, during the Conference on Libraries and Information Services in Developing South Africa (LISDESA), which was an initiative of the two largest existing ...
National Library of South Africa, Cape Town branch. Sloane's collection included some 40,000 printed books and 7,000 manuscripts, as well as prints and drawings. [10] The British Museum Act 1753 also incorporated the Cotton library and the Harleian library. These were joined in 1757 by the Royal Library, assembled by various British monarchs. [11]