Adult education in South African public libraries: a profile of activities

Nassimbeni, Mary; May, Bev

doi:10.7553/72-1-1372

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“…With high illiteracy rates among adult blacks in South Africa, community libraries are critical centres to ensure skills transmission, personal development and to fight illiteracy (Nassimbeni and May 2006).…”

Section: Community Libraries As Agencies For Socio-economic Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges faced by libraries in a democratic South Africa

Mojapelo

2017

Information Development

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Community libraries are crucial for people to have access to information to satisfy their multiple needs. As custodians of information and knowledge in diverse spheres, they play a role in the socioeconomic development of nations. This article attempts to investigate challenges faced by libraries in three different settings in post-apartheid South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative research design. The users, librarians and a wellplaced official of the relevant department were interviewed. Convenience sampling was used to select users and librarians while purposive sampling was used to select an official. Face-to-face interviews and observation and a checklist were used to collect data. Senior officials of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture need to study challenges revealed by the findings and to take action to remedy the situation.

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Section: Community Libraries As Agencies For Socio-economic Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges faced by libraries in a democratic South Africa

Mojapelo

2017

Information Development

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“…For example, Fredericks and Mvunelo (2003), referring to a study conducted on status of school libraries in the Western Cape, South Africa, noted that the language of library documents/collections is almost entirely (99%) in English or Afrikaans and this information in turn is overwhelmingly provided in print format.The lack of content in indigenous languages such as those cited by Frederick and Mvunelo( 2003), the adult education challenges (Nassimbeni & May 2006), lack of school libraries and school library policies (Le Roux 2002), and whether and how information literacy should be conducted by libraries (Underwood 2003) also inhibit access (Ocholla 2006).…”

Section: Challenges and Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Impact studies and the benchmarking of libraries in Africa are essential practices, and improving overall literacy levels and basic adult education through libraries as noted by Nassimbeni and May (2006) are areas that require further exploration. A recent IFLA publication on Performance Measurement in Libraries (Poll, Boekhorst, & Mundt 2007) describes the performance indicators, focusing on resources and infrastructure, use, efficiency, and potential and development.…”

Section: African Libraries: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The creation of a learning society discussed in the UNESCO World Report (2005) by promoting lifelong learning through adult education and training that may include participation of public libraries (Nassimbeni & May 2006), information literacy, and encouraging apprenticeship and voluntarism is needed. Lifelong learning also means, according to the Report, encouraging research, innovation, and publication.…”

Section: Challenges and Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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