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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.
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.
National Library of South Africa [Pretoria Campus] [1] Parliamentary Information Centre [1] RJR Masiea Public Library [1] Academic Libraries in South Africa.
A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state [neutrality is disputed]. It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained.
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 history of libraries in South Africa had its start with libraries formed for private use which later were made available for the general public. In 1761, the most extensive of these early private collections, owned by Joachim von Dessin, the secretary of the Orphan Chamber, was left to the Cape consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church specifically to form the basis of a public library for ...
The Library and Information Association of South Africa [2] (LIASA) is a professional non-profit organization, representing institutions and people working in libraries and information services. The LIASA National Office is located on the Pretoria campus of the National Library of South Africa (NLSA).
Peter Johan Lor is a South African librarian and library and information science scholar specialising in international librarianship.. He was the Director of the State Library in Pretoria from 1992 and served as the first National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of South Africa from 2000 to 2003 following the consolidation of the State Library (Pretoria) and South ...