ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES Presentation to NCOP: 22 JUNE 2005.
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Transcript of ARCHIVES; HERALDRY AND LIBRARIES Presentation to NCOP: 22 JUNE 2005.
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
• 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
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
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
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)
SABWO/BLINDSA
• An NGO/Trust dedicated to the production of Braille literature
• Subsidised by DAC
• Chair: Ms Kathy Donaldson
PROBLEM AREAS
• Shortage of Funds
• Shortage of Staff
• Shortage of Skills
• Previous lack of political direction for the sector
2005/2006 BUDGET
• Programme 6
• National Archives: R27 841 000
• Meta-Information: R1 720 000
• Heraldry: R3 830 000
• TOTAL: R72 740 000
BUDGET INSTITUTIONS
• Transfer payments:
• BlindLib: R6 699 000
• NLSA: R30 527 000
• SABWO: R2 123 000
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)
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
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
INTERNATIONAL
• SA – MALI Project: Timbuktu Manuscripts
• ESARBICA
• ICA
• Memory of the World Committee
• World Blind Union
• WSIS
• IFLA 2007 - Durban