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

dc.contributor.authorHart, Genevieve
dc.contributor.authorNassimbeni, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T10:12:04Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T10:12:04Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2016-06-09T10:09:22Z
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_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/106
dc.identifier.apacitationHart, G., & Nassimbeni, M. (2013). From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth. <i>South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHart, Genevieve, and Mary Nassimbeni "From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth." <i>South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHart, G., & Nassimbeni, M. (2013). From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2304-8263en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Hart, Genevieve AU - Nassimbeni, Mary AB - 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. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 2304-8263 T1 - From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth TI - From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947
dc.identifier.urihttp://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/106
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHart G, Nassimbeni M. 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. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Stellenboschen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLibrary and Information Studies Centre (LISC)en_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Libraries and Information Scienceen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://sajlis.journals.ac.za/
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherlibrary as ecosystem
dc.subject.otherpublic libraries
dc.subject.otherschool libraries
dc.subject.othercollaboration
dc.titleFrom borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youthen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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