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UCT Libraries. / -33.957571; 18.460347. University of Cape Town Libraries (UCT Libraries) is the library system of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa . The library system holds roughly 1.2 million print volumes and over 100,500 print and online journal subscriptions. An Africana research collection can be found in the ...
The Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in 1996 appointed a Working Group on the National Libraries of South Africa to advise him on the future of the two national libraries. The most important recommendation of the Working Group was that the two national libraries be amalgamated to form a dual-site (Cape Town and Pretoria ...
The University of Cape Town was founded at a meeting in the Groote Kerk in 1829 as the South African College, a high school for young men. The college had a small tertiary-education facility, introduced in 1874 [9] that grew substantially after 1880, when the discovery of gold and diamonds in the north – and the resulting demand for skills in mining – gave it the financial boost it needed ...
Central Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of 104 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services. [2] Central Library includes lending and reference services as well as specialised art and music sections. There are 90 plus computers plus free Wi-Fi for library members.
Entrance to Jagger Library with floral decorations in 1947. By 1980, the library was part of an eight-library complex at the University of Cape Town, and was the headquarters of the university's library service. It then contained 518,000 of the 741,000 volumes available in the library network, and could house 1280 readers in its reading rooms. [2]
sanbi .org /gardens /kirstenbosch. Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa 's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
South African National Library and Information Consortium. / -34.044772; 18.460017. South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) is a non-profit consortium of member institutions aimed at negotiating the procurement of, and securing access to information resources on behalf of its members. [1]
Strandfontein Library. / -34.071862352200995; 18.554656186627437. Strandfontein Library is a public library in Strandfontein, Cape Town, South Africa. It is part of the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services. [1] The library's holdings can be searched online via the City of Cape Town's Open Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).