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Title: Presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture


1
Presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio
Committee on Arts and Culture
John K. Tsebe
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA
11 MARCH 2005
2
Outline
  • Introduction
  • Objects of the National Library
  • Functions of the National Library
  • Achieving the objects in relation to the
    functions
  • Family of organisations in Arts Culture
  • Regional international connections
  • Relationships with other organisations
  • Conclusion transforming the National Library of
    South Africa

3
Introduction a brief history
  • The NLSA is the most senior library in South
    Africa and must play a strategic leadership role
  • Previously two national libraries
  • the South African Library (Cape Town), started in
    1818
  • the State Library (Pretoria), started in 1887
  • Now one single national library (National Library
    of South Africa Act no. 92 of 1998)
  • Both former national libraries merged into one
    institution, launched on 1st November 1999 as the
    National Library of South Africa.

4
Objects of the National Library
  • The objects of the National Library are to
    contribute to socio-economic, cultural,
    educational, scientific and innovative
    development
  • by collecting, recording, preserving and making
    available the national documentary heritage
  • and promoting an awareness and appreciation
    thereof,
  • by fostering information literacy,
  • and by facilitating access to the world's
    information resources.

5
Functions of the National Library
  • (a)
  • (i) to build up a complete collection of
    published documents emanating from or relating to
    South Africa
  • (ii) to maintain and extend any other collections
    of published and unpublished documents with the
    emphasis on documents emanating from and relating
    to Southern Africa
  • (iii) to promote the optimal management of
    collections of published documents held in South
    African libraries as a national resource and
  • (iv) to supplement the national resource
    contemplated in subparagraph (iii) with selected
    documents

6
Functions of the National Library
  • (b)
  • (i) to record the documents contemplated in
    paragraph (a) and
  • (ii) to render a national bibliographic service
    and to act as the national bibliographic agency
  • (c) to promote optimal access to published
    documents, nationally and internationally
  • (d) to provide reference and information
    services, nationally and internationally
  • (e) to act as the national preservation library
    and to provide conservation services on a
    national basis
  • (f) to promote awareness and appreciation of the
    national published documentary heritage and
  • (g) to promote information awareness and
    information literacy.

7
Achieving the objects in relation to the
functions
  • (2) In order to achieve its objects and promote
    the development of library and information
    services in South Africa, the National Library
    must, in relation to the functions referred to in
    subsection (1)-
  • (a) provide appropriate information products and
    services
  • (b) provide leadership, guidance and advice to
    South African libraries and information services
  • (c) undertake planning and co-ordination in
    co-operation with other library and information
    services
  • (d) present, in consultation and co-operation
    with appropriate educational institutions and
    professional bodies, courses of training and
    education relating to the functions referred to
    in subsection (1)
  • (e) undertake research and development and
  • (f) liaise with libraries and other institutions
    in and outside South Africa.

8
Family of organisations in Arts Culture
  • National Heritage Council
  • National Arts Council
  • National Archives and Records Service
  • South African Heritage Resource Agency
  • National Film and Video Foundation
  • Freedom Park
  • PANSALB
  • South African Library for the Blind
  • (amongst others)

9
National international connections
  • National Council for Library and Information
    Services (NCLIS)
  • Library and Information Association of South
    Africa (LIASA)
  • Standing Conference on African National and
    University Libraries in Eastern, Central and
    Southern Africa (SCANUL-ECS)
  • Conference of Directors of National Libraries
    (CDNL)
  • International Federation of Library Associations
    (IFLA) Division One

10
Leadership Role of the NLSA
  • Initiate strategic partnerships
  • Lobbying and advocacy for LIS development
  • Develop international relations and connections
  • Professional LIS development
  • Pro-active and positive influence of government
    policy regarding LIS

11
Transforming the NLSA national focus
  • Promote and foster close collaboration with all
    the LIS sectors in the country (without
    exception) to address the role of Information in
    development
  • Initiate and Engage in joint developmental
    Projects, like the PaCLISA inventory with a
    follow-up in implementation and review for
    sustainability
  • Develop a very close working relationship with
    LIASA
  • Paradigm shift from Self/Institutional interest
    to National Interest.. Projecting the NLSA as a
    locus of power in organising and mobilising the
    nations knowledge resources
  • Partnership with Business South Africa for funding

12
Transforming the NLSA African Context
  • Play a leading role in the SADC member states
  • Be actively involved in the SCECSAL (Standing
    Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern
    African Librarians) countries
  • Forge working relationship with the West and
    North African countries
  • Explore the role of African National Libraries
    in enhancing the achievements of the AU and NEPAD
    objectives
  • Maintain partnership with the UNECA for the
    development of the Information Society by taking
    part in the AISI activities

13
Transforming the NLSAfocus outside Africa
  • Develop working relationships with national
    libraries in other parts of the world
  • Work with COMLA to highlight the role of
    information for development in the developing CW
    countries
  • Play an active role in IFLA and CDNL to address
    pertinent issues relating to the role of national
    libraries in the development of respective NIIs
    within the overall GII
  • Contact with international funders

14
Thank you for this opportunity to present the
National Library of South Africa
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