The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Library and Information Services will resume its stock take at 32 libraries between October and March next year.
MMC for Community Development Nonhlanhla Sifumba said that the City conducts its stock take over a period of three years with eight libraries being assessed in February earlier this year.
The schedule resumed from 8 October and will run until 30 March next year at 32 other libraries.
Sifumba added, “This is an essential library book-stock management tool, which ensures that each library has the best resources on offer for our residents, who rely on our libraries for the provision of studying and research material, amongst other things.
“To ensure that our library resources are up to date, and of relevant use to our residents, individual libraries will be closed to the public for the duration of the stock take. This is in compliance with Treasury Regulations Grap 17, which ensures that library assets are kept modern and up to date.”
Notices will be placed in the libraries two weeks before each closure, as well as information on alternative libraries to use close-by. The notices will also be posted on the @CoJCommunityDev Twitter page in order to inform communities of the planned closures.
The closures include:
- Hillbrow Library will be closed from 29 October to 3 November with Yeoville Library being the closest alternative library.
- River Park Library will be closed from 26 November to 1 December with Alexandra Library being the closest alternative.
- Norwood Library will be closed from 28 January to 2 February with Killarney Library being the alternative.
- Yeoville Library will be closed from 25 February to 2 March with Hillbrow as a close alternative library.
- Killarney will be closed from 4 to 9 March with Norwood Library as the closest alternative.
Details: www.joburg.org.za
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