From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth

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dc.contributor.authorHart, Genevieve
dc.contributor.authorNassimbeni, Mary
dc.date.accessioned18/03/2015 17:59
dc.date.available18/03/2015 17:59
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationHart, G. and Nassimbeni, M. (2013). From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 79 (1): 13-21en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-8861
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/1385
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherLIASA, Stellenbosch Universityen_US
dc.rightsSAJLIS is an open access journal. http://sajlis.journals.ac.za
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7553/79-1-106
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPublic librariesen_US
dc.subjectSchool librariesen_US
dc.subjectLibrary as ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.titleFrom borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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