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Libraries in South Africa.Pdf CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY MINISTER ................................... ii MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARIAN ............................ iv CONDITIONAL GRANT FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES ........................ v NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES ..............................................................vi HEADS OF PROVINCIAL LIBRARY SERVICES ............................vii PROVINCIAL LIBRARIES DIRECTORY EASTERN CAPE ........................................................................ 1-11 FREE STATE ............................................................................ 12-27 GAUTENG ................................................................................ 28-53 KWAZULU NATAL ..................................................................... 54-67 LIMPOPO ................................................................................. 68-75 MPUMALANGA ........................................................................ 76-87 NORTH WEST .......................................................................... 88-93 NORTHERN CAPE ................................................................ 94-105 WESTERN CAPE ................................................................... 106-143 i Message from Deputy Minister Arts and Culture The Department of Arts and Culture is proud to present to you the 2012 directory of community libraries in South Africa. We trust that South Africans will find this directory a useful tool to locate the community library nearest to their homes, as well as to get an overview of where all the public libraries in South Africa are located. The Department has supported the initiatives of the library and information sector during the past years, and will be managing a conditional grant to the value of R1,6 billion during the next three years. This financial injection to the sector will be used to continue building and transforming urban and rural community library infrastructure and services. Many crucial and creative projects were managed during the period 2007 to 2010, when the first conditional grant was allocated to assist the community library sector. This programme is managed by the Department in cooperation with the provincial Departments. It has to date produced 34 new and 234 upgraded community libraries across the country. In line with the new strategic direction for the arts, culture and heritage sector, reffered to as the Mzanzi Golden Economy, the Department has started a process to strengthen its cooperation with its associated institutions. The Department intends to build on these initiatives, and to continue its dialogue with existing institutions and cooperate with them to implement new initiatives. The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) is one of the strategic partners of the Department of Arts and Culture, providing high level professional support. Well known examples of this collaboration are the reprint of African literature classics in indigenous languages, and the roll- out of information and communication technology (ICT) in community libraries. We therefore wish to make use of this opportunity to thank the National Library of South Africa for taking on board the task to collect data of the community and public libraries, and for producing this authoritative directory. The Directory of Public Libraries in South Africa contributes to the goals of the Mzanzi Golden Economy, in the sense that it highlights and mainstreams the facilities which make it possible to meet the information and literacy needs. As stated in the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, “the public library is the local centre of information, making all kinds of knowledge and information readily available to its users”. The information that is available in community libraries is there to empower citizens, and to assist them in improving their educational and socio-economic status, by equipping them with new ii skills that could assist them in finding jobs. Community libraries are fascinating places where users come across reading material that introduces them to new creative ideas, where computer technology is available, where information on cultural heritage is stored, and where literacy for all is addressed. We encourage you to use this directory extensively, and to visit your nearest community library today. Use the facilities that are open to all, and get acquainted with the wide variety of information, reading material and programmes that are at your disposal. ____________________ Dr Joe Phaahla, MP Deputy Minister iii Message from National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer On behalf of the National Library of South Africa, and in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, I hereby present to you the Directory of Public Libraries in South Africa. During 2000-2004, the Public and Community Libraries Inventory of South Africa (PaCLISA) was undertaken to create a comprehensive and informative inventory of South African public and community libraries. It was published in 2002 by the National Library of South Africa, in association with the Print Industries Cluster Council Libraries Working Group, and the Foundation for Library and Information Service Development. The data collection, processing, and reporting and mapping tasks were carried out by the Centre for Geo-information Science at the University of Pretoria. That publication represented the first stage in the development of a library inventory, requiring regular updates. The marked improvement in the state of public libraries in this country may clearly be linked to the allocation of the Department of Arts and Culture conditional grant in 2007. New libraries have been built, and existing ones upgraded and refurbished; library infrastructure and services have been improved; library collections have grown; Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and systems have been upgraded; public access to the Internet in libraries has expanded. It is of paramount importance that the conditional grant should be extended, so that libraries continue to grow at a faster rate. We are now moving towards full-scale library internet connectivity in all the nine provinces. The other significant projects of the DAC conditional grant aimed at developing libraries, and inculcating a culture of reading amongst South Africans, have advanced to great levels. The third phase of the Reprint of South African Classics in indigenous languages was launched on the 7th of March 2012; 68 titles have been published to date. These reprints were distributed to all the provinces in order to provide access to literature in those languages. This 2011/2012 Directory contains comprehensive contact details for the current public libraries in South Africa, based on address lists provided by all the Provincial Library Services. This information may form the basis of planning for the development of Public Libraries in the country. The National Library of South Africa is consulting with other partners to ensure that the next issue will also include the geo-mapping of these libraries. The present Directory will be made available in printed format, as well as in electronic format on the National Library of South Africa and the Department of Arts and Culture websites. We hope that this Directory will prove useful in terms of listing comprehensive contact details for the various public libraries in the country. We thank the Ministry of Arts and Culture for providing the conditional grant, and for recognising the significant role that libraries play in improving socio-economic conditions in South Africa. John Kgwale Tsebe National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer iv Conditional Grant for Public Libraries The National Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), in collaboration with provincial departments of Arts and Culture, are coordinating the implementation of the community library conditional grant, in the development of library infrastructure and services, and the transformation of library facilities in the country with the goal to enable all communities access to knowledge and information. The purpose of the grant is to address specific inequalities in the delivery of public library services to all communities. The Department, in cooperation with the provincial departments of arts and culture, work together to reach certain predetermined targets, which are: • Improved coordination and collaboration between national, provincial and local government on library services; • Transformed and equitable library and information services delivered to all rural and urban communities; • Improved library infrastructure and services that reflect the specific needs of the communities they serve; • Improved staff capacity at urban and rural libraries to respond appropriately to community knowledge and information needs; • Improved culture of reading. The community library conditional grant was deployed in 2007 with the allocation of R1 billion for a period of three years. It is estimated that R1,8 billion would be spent for this purpose in the cycle 2012/13 to 2014/15. To date, some of the outputs that have been achieved include- • Provinces have upgraded 229 libraries • Provinces have built 34 new libraries nationally. • Approximately 1575 new staff members have been appointed in public libraries. • Internet access is now available in public libraries in all 9 provinces. Public libraries have since the programme started established themselves as important providers of training in computer literacy skills. Subsequently library
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