From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth
dc.contributor.author | Hart, Genevieve | |
dc.contributor.author | Nassimbeni, Mary | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-09T10:12:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-09T10:12:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-09T10:09:22Z | |
dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/106 | |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Hart, 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/11427/19947 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Hart, 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/11427/19947 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Hart, 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.issn | 2304-8263 | en_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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19947 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/106 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Hart 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.language | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | University of Stellenbosch | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC) | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
dc.source | South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/ | |
dc.subject.other | South Africa | |
dc.subject.other | library as ecosystem | |
dc.subject.other | public libraries | |
dc.subject.other | school libraries | |
dc.subject.other | collaboration | |
dc.title | From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |