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ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES

ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES. Presentation to NCOP: 22 JUNE 2005. Constitutional Framework. Schedule 5: Archives and Libraries are Exclusive provincial legislative competencies. Constitutional problems. Archives

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ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES

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  1. ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES Presentation to NCOP: 22 JUNE 2005

  2. Constitutional Framework • Schedule 5: • Archives and Libraries are • Exclusive provincial legislative competencies

  3. Constitutional problems • Archives • Pre-1994 there were archives repositories in the four former ‘white’ provinces • Very little capacity in the former homelands (only KwaZulu and Transkei had noteworthy facilities) • Now there are nine provinces – six without archival capacity

  4. Constitutional Problems • Libraries: • Pre-1994 public/community libraries were funded and operated in partnership between the former provinces and local authorities • Libraries not mentioned in section (b) of schedule 5 meaning that local authorities no longer have responsibility for library services

  5. LEGISLATION • National Archives Act 1996 (as amended 2001) • Legal Deposit Act 1997 • National Council for Library and Information Services Act 2001 • National Library of SA Act 1998 • SA Library of the Blind Act 1998 • Heraldry Act 1962

  6. Advisory and Governance Structures • National Archives Advisory Council (Chair: Judge J Moloto) • NCLIS (Chair: Prof S. Manaka) • Heraldry Council (Chair: Prof T Msimang) • NLSA Board (Chair: Prof Rocky Ralebipi-Simela) • BlindLib Board (Chair: Dr William Rowland)

  7. SABWO/BLINDSA • An NGO/Trust dedicated to the production of Braille literature • Subsidised by DAC • Chair: Ms Kathy Donaldson

  8. PROBLEM AREAS • Shortage of Funds • Shortage of Staff • Shortage of Skills • Previous lack of political direction for the sector

  9. 2005/2006 BUDGET • Programme 6 • National Archives: R27 841 000 • Meta-Information: R1 720 000 • Heraldry: R3 830 000 • TOTAL: R72 740 000

  10. BUDGET INSTITUTIONS • Transfer payments: • BlindLib: R6 699 000 • NLSA: R30 527 000 • SABWO: R2 123 000

  11. 2005/2006 Projects:LIBRARIES • NLSA – appointment of Legal Deposit Co-ordinator • NLSA – construction of new building in central part of old Pretoria – Tshwane • NCLIS – two symposiums – Promoting a Reading Culture (Cape Town 2004) and Promoting a Reading Culture for the Blind (Port Elizabeth 2005)

  12. HERALDRY • National orders • National symbols – Black Rod; new Parliamentary symbol • Provincial coat-of-arms – KwaZulu-Natal • Coats-of-arms – local authorities; higher education insititutions; schools; organisations; families • Research into African symbols; totems

  13. ARCHIVES • PRMCBP (Provincial Records Management Capacity Building Project) – Limpopo Pilot; Swiss Funding • Electronic Archives PPP • NIMOHP (National Indigenous Music and Oral History Project) • National Film Video and Sound Archives – Millennium Project – Mellon Funding

  14. INTERNATIONAL • SA – MALI Project: Timbuktu Manuscripts • ESARBICA • ICA • Memory of the World Committee • World Blind Union • WSIS • IFLA 2007 - Durban

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