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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.
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.
South African National Gallery Library (Iziko Museums) [30] South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Information Library [31] Bolus Herbarium Library [32] Mary Gunn Library, National Herbarium, Pretoria [33] Harry Molteno Library, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town [34]
In the event of this day failing within a weekend, then the week preceding it would be celebrated as National library week." This is in recognition of the establishment of the first public library by a government proclamation on 20 March 1818, the South African Public Library, now known as the National Library of South Africa (Cape Town Campus ...
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 Johannesburg Library in 2013. The building is an Italianate structure sitting across the road from the ANC's Luthuli House. [3] The construction of the Johannesburg Public Library took place between 1931 and 1935 and was the result of an architectural competition won by Cape Town architect John Perry. [1]
A music library was included in the Long Street Library when it opened in 1956. The library included gramophone records, sheet music and the Evelyn Fincken Collection and the collection of the Cape Guild of Organists. The first issue of gramophone records in South Africa by a public library was on 5 July 1956 from the Long Street Library. [13]
Major events in South African library development were the 1988 report, The Use of Libraries for the Development of South Africa. [6] and the National Education Policy Investigation (NEPI). [7] The NEPI report aimed to "explore policy options in all areas of education within a value framework derived from the ideals of the broad democratic ...