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World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council"Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa 
Library Visits
Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23, August 2007 PUBLIC LIBRARIESDate: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Situated in the city centre, this is one of the oldest institutions in KwaZulu-Natal, established in 1853. Visitors to the library will also enjoy visiting the Natural History Museum and Art Gallery housed above the library. Across the road from the main library is housed the Study Centre, in the Liberty Towers Building. This centre comprises of a Reference Library, Newspaper Room and extensive Study Hall. Used by thousands of tertiary students, school children and job seekers this centre illustrates the role of SA libraries in supporting education. The library is a 30 minute walk from the ICC or a 10 minute taxi ride and is open for visitors on the 22 nd and 23 rd August with tours conducted at programmed times. Contact details: Reigneth Nyongwana. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: NO CONFERENCE TRANSPORT REQUIRED. 60 PEOPLE PER DAY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN ROTATING TOURS.) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, In the eThekwini Municipal area of Durban there are 87 branch libraries. In the decade since Democracy great strides have been taken to redress the past inequalities of library provision. The heartlands of The Struggle were the city Townships around the City. A visit to selected Township Libraries will be part of the Library Tour programme. These libraries are situated in Cato Crest, Clermont, KwaMashu, Ntuzuma, KwaDabeka, Besters Camp, Ohlanga and uMkhumbane, all within a radius of 30 kilometers from the city centre. Apart from viewing these attractive and busy libraries, visitors will also get a glimpse of the fascinating and bustling township life. Two tours(buses) per day to a selection of libraries. Contact details: Reigneth Nyongwana. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: EACH DAY - 1 BUS(30 PEOPLE) TO CLERMONT AND KWADABEKA, 1 BUS(30 PEOPLE) TO CATO CREST, KWAMASHU AND NTUZUMA. OVER 2 DAYS TOTAL OF120 PEOPLE) 3. Pietermaritzburg Library Tour Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Drive through the magnificent Valley of a Thousand Hills and on the way stop at the Mpumalanga Public Library . This public library is a dynamic centre for the community, supporting local vegetable growers in the library grounds. Continue to the Provincial capital, Pietermaritzburg, and tour the Legal Deposit Library of Msunduzi. This large city public library includes the Legal Deposit Library established in 1916. Amongst its collections are first editions of the Colony of Natal newspapers dating back 155 years. A 2 storey children's library extension, co-funded by the Provincial Library Service and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, was completed in 2005, and forms part of the library. This state-of-the-art extension is considered to be a model for all future libraries with an extensive School Project Library, large audio-visual collection and ample internet facilities for the public. The distance from Durban is 100 kilometres. These libraries can be visited on both Wednesday and Thursday, accommodating a group of 60 visitors per day. Contact person: City Librarian. John Morrison. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: 1 BUS DURBAN - PIETERMARITZBURG(VIA MPUMALANGA) RETURN OF 60 PEOPLE EACH DAY.) SCHOOL LIBRARIES4. Westville Girls High Library Date: Wednesday 22 More details to follow but this is an example of a fully resourced government school library (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: 1 DAY. 30 PEOPLE IN BUS.) 5. Township School Library Date: Thursday 23 August, The Saphumelela Primary School, a rural, government school is situated at Adam's Mission, approximately a 30 minute drive from the ICC Centre, along the scenic south coast of Durban. Contact person: KZN Department of Education. Khanyi Dubazane. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: 1 DAY. 30 PEOPLE IN BUS) ACADEMIC and RESEARCH LIBRARIES6. University of Zululand Library Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Also known as Unizul, this University has been designated to serve as the only comprehensive tertiary educational institution north of the uThukela River in KwaZulu-Natal. Its new status is in accordance with South Africa 's National Plan for Higher Education aimed at eradicating inequity and costly duplication. As a result, Unizul offers career-focused programmes as well as a limited number of relevant university degree courses that have been structured with potential employees and employers in mind. The University is located in KwaDlangezwa, a rural area outside the metropolis of Empangeni and Richards Bay and is 160 kms from Durban, a 1 hour 45 minute drive. Visits(one bus load) can be arranged on both days from 09h00 to 15h30. Allow about 2 hours to tour the campus and the library + additional hour for refreshments. Contact person: Mrs Indrani Naidoo, Library Secretary. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: 1 BUS OF 60 PEOPLE EACH DAY. LEAVE ICC AT 8:30, ARRIVE APPROX. 10:00am. ALLOW 2 HOURS TO TOUR THE CAMPUS AND THE LIBRARY + ADDITIONAL HOUR FOR REFRESHMENTS. RETURN BY 15:30). 7. EG Malherbe Library - University of KwaZulu-Natal(Howard College Campus) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, 30 minute drive from the Conference Centre, high on the Berea with sweeping views of Durban city and the harbour. Available for tours on both days. 1 bus per day. On the Howard College Campus, the EG Malherbe Library provides information for Engineering, Humanities and Nursing, housing a collection of over 325 000 volumes. Various special collections include medieval manuscripts, South African Government Publications and an African Studies Collection complemented by some unique art works including ceramics, tapestries, pottery and sculptures. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS/LOGISTICS: EACH DAY 1 BUS OF 60 PEOPLE. ARRIVES AT MAIN EG MALHERBE LIBRARY AND FROM THERE GROUPS SPLIT UP TO BE CONDUCTED ON TOURS TO THE MAIN AND FOLLOWING SPECIALISED BRANCH LIBRARIES: ELEANOR BONNAR MUSIC, GMJ SWEENEY LAW, BARRIE BIERMANN ARCHITECTURE) 8. Eleanor Bonnar Music Library - University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, The Eleanor Bonnar Music Library is one of the largest music libraries in Africa. Housed in the School of Music the collection comprises of 32 000 items covering a wide range of cultures. Of great interest is a rare archival collection of black SA popular music, early jazz and swing from 1895-1980 and large ethnographic record collection. 9. GMJ Sweeney Law Library - University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, The GMJ Sweeney Law Library is located in a national monument, Howard College, and serves students and staff of the Faculty of Law, as well as the legal fraternity of greater Durban. The collection consists of 20 000 books, journals and law reports, including good collections of early law books and environmental law. Apart from having a fine collection the library has some very interesting architectural features e.g. a student computer laboratory on top of the Issue Desk, for example. 10. Barrie Biermann Architecture Library - University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, The Barrie Biermann Architecture Library includes a fine early architecture collection and a very functional building science library with a highly specialised architecture computer laboratory. The architecture library was established in 1969 and collection consists of 32000 volumes of books, journals, plans, models and rare early architectural books. 11. Nelson Mandela Medical Library - University of KwaZulu-Natal Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Situated a 10 minute drive from the main campus is the Medical School established in 1951. The Medical School has two libraries: the large Nelson Mandela Medical Library itself, well worth a visit with its extensive collection of books, journals and three computer labs, one with100 PCs and the Victor Daitz HIV Information Gateway in the Doris Duke Medical Research Centre , an almost totally digital library devoted to the combatting of HIV/AIDS. Undergraduate and postgraduate computer laboratories and a skills practice laboratory form an integral part of the Library. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: BUS FROM ICC TO LIBRARY ON UMBILO ROAD, 20 MINUTE DRIVE FROM DURBAN ICC. LIBRARY CAN PROVIDE A TOUR TO 20 PEOPLE DAILY. TEA PROVIDED). 12. Ghandi-Luthuli Documentation Centre - University of KwaZulu-Natal(Westville Campus) Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Well worth a visit is the unique collection named the Ghandi-Luthuli Documentation Centre. This collection focuses on Indian and African documents and is a fascinating archive of information on the Indian community in South Africa, from the first arrival of indentured labourers brought from India in the 1860's to work on sugar cane farms. It is a very good collection of material relating to the Indian settlers in South Africa and also of material relating to the struggle against apartheid. Contact person: Juggie Authar. E-mail: authar@ukzn.ac.za (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: ON THE EX- DURBAN WESTVILLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. APPROX 20 KILOMETRES FROM ICC CENTRE. 1 BUS EACH DAY OF 30 PEOPLE. ONE GROUP OF 15 WILL BE CONDUCTED AROUND THE MAIN CAMPUS LIBRARY AND THE OTHER GROUP OF 15 AROUND THE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE. ALTERNATING) SPECIAL LIBRARIES13. Alan Pittendrigh Library. Durban University of Technology Library Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, The Alan Pittendrigh Library is one of the 6 satellite libraries of the Durban University of Technology and is situated on the Steve Biko campus, less than ten minutes from the conference centre. This library houses the Science, Engineering, Built Environment and Health material and provides a service to students and staff of the University. The collection consists of 74 946 volumes of monographs, periodicals and media. Facilities for students include electronic classrooms, a postgraduste electronic research room and a 24 hour study area. Contact Person: Lucille Webster. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. THE LIBRARY CAN ACCOMMODATE 15 PEOPLE ON BOTH DAYS. PROPOSED THAT TRANSPORT TAKE DELEGATES TO THE ALAN PITTENDRIGH FIRST(1 HOUR TOUR) AND THEN ONTO THE CITY LIBRARY BRANCH(FINE ARTS AND FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL) - WEST STREET, DURBAN FOR TOUR(1 HOUR) AND TEA). Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, This Library, which forms part of the eThekwini( Durban) Library Service is one of the finest and most prestigious Africana collections in South Africa. Amongst the collection of 45 000 catalogued works are many very rare and valuable works such as French and Italian editions dated 1550 and 1556 of "The History and Description of Africa" by Leo Africanus. Situated in the centre of Durban the library is a 10 minute drive from the ICC. This small library can only accommodate 20 visitors at one time and is accessible on both the Wednesday and Thursday. Contact details: Reigneth Nyongwana. (TRANSPORT AND NUMBERS: NO CONFERENCE TRANSPORT REQUIRED- WALKING DISTANCE. 20 PEOPLE PER TOUR PER DAY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED. 1 HOUR TOUR.) 15. The Killie Campbell Collections Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, Three major resources for research into the history and culture of KwaZulu-Natal are housed at Muckleneuk, formerly the home of Durban 's Campbell family who were prominent philanthropists and collectors. • The Killie Campbell Africana Library The Killie Campbell Africana Library The main subject areas are the socio-economic, political and cultural history of KwaZulu-Natal with special emphasis on early exploration and travel in Africa. Dating from the 16th Century are accounts by survivors of shipwrecks along the eastern seaboard. The collection also contains many publications focusing on the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer Wars. The James Stuart Collection is a fascinating collection of verbatim records of interviews conducted in the early 20th century with Zulu-speaking informants. The Colenso papers of Bishop JW Colenso, The Evelyn Wood papers, The Black Sash records and the Papers of Bishop Alphaeus Zulu are also highlights of this library. The beautiful indigenous gardens of this graceful home are also a great attraction. Contact person: Stacie Gibson. (TRANSPORT: ON THE BEREA OFF ESSENWOOD ROAD(15 MINUTE DRIVE). TRANSPORT REQUIRED FROM ICC. 1 TOUR DAILY OF 20 PEOPLE. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. TOUR TIME 2 HOURS.) 16. Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, (A one hour drive - 100 kilometres from Durban) The original collection was that of Alan Paton, world renowned author of "Cry the Beloved Country". Whilst visiting the campus it is worthwhile to view the Centre for African Literary Studies , which features the Bernth Lindfors Collection. This is one of the most comprehensive collections of African literature in the world. Contact person: Jewell Koopman. (TRANSPORT: UNIVERSITY OF KZN, PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS. BUS. 30 PEOPLE PER DAY. LEAVE ICC AT 9:00. 15 PEOPLE TOUR ALAN PATON WHILST OTHER 15 VISIT CENTRE FOR AFRICAN LITERARY STUDIES. TEA AT ALAN PATON. TOUR APPROX 45 MINS EACH. PROCEED BY BUS TO TATHAM ART GALLERY( CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI ST) AND HAVE LUNCH AT OWN EXPENSE AND BROWSE COLLECTION. WALK TO PMB CITY ARCHIVES(5 MIN WALK) FOR 1 HOUR TOUR OF ARCHIVES. BUS DEPARTS 15:00 TO RETURN.) 17. The Oceanographic Research Institute Library Date: Wednesday 22 August and Thursday 23 August, The marine library of this internationally renowned research institute is located at the uShaka Marine World in Durban. The collection contains over 46 000 items, focusing on material on Southern and East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. Visitors will also enjoy the aquarium and dolphinarium, with seals and penguins, at the largest marine park in Africa. The uShaka Marine World is in the city of Durban and 15 minute taxi drive from the ICC. This small library can accommodate 15 visitors at one time and is open for both days of library visits. Contact person: Brigit Kleu. (TRANSPORT: OWN TRANSPORT FROM ICC. CAN SET TIMES FOR HOURLY TOURS/VISITS. 15-20 PEOPLE PER VISIT.) | |
