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Title:From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth
Authors:Hart, GenevieveISNI
Nassimbeni, Mary
Year:2013
Periodical:South African Journal of Library and Information Science (ISSN 2304-8263)
Volume:79
Issue:1
Pages:13-21
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:schools
libraries
External link:https://doi.org/10.7553/79-1-106
Abstract:In this article we consider the configuration of the South African library and information services (LIS) sector, and analyse the extent to which its structuring facilitates or hinders optimum service to the children and youth of South Africa. The background to our investigation is the crisis in public schooling and the plight of South African youth who suffer disproportionate rates of poverty and unemployment. In our investigation we examine the planning and practice in two new libraries -- one a community library, and one a joint-use library for learners and local residents -- in an effort to establish the extent to which libraries may partner with schools to take advantage of new thinking that recommends a whole system approach, encapsulated in the metaphor of LIS as an ecosystem. We conclude that this new approach might generate models of service delivery that transcend boundaries that traditionally delineate and confine sub-sectors in the LIS sector. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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