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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 Special Collections Division and consists of ...
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.
Academic Libraries in South Africa. Rhodes University Library. University of Cape Town Libraries. University of Pretoria Library Services. University of Venda Library. University of the Western Cape Library Services. University of Johannesburg Library. North-West University Library Service. Sefako Makgotho Health Sciences Library.
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 ...
The most likely model for Cape Town's "Public Library" was the London Institution (established in 1805 in the style of an Athenaeum). [3] The Library's first significant acquisition was the collection of Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin , who bequeathed his books to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1761 to serve as the foundation of a public library. In ...
The Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town. This list of University of Cape Town faculty includes current, emeritus, former, and deceased professors, lecturers, and researchers. Faculty members who have become Institute Professors, or have earned other significant awards and made significant contributions are listed below.
Interior of the library. 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 ...
The National Library of South Africa was the first library to be established in South Africa by proclamation on 20 March 1818 by Lord Charles Somerset when he stipulated that a wine tax would be levied to pay for it. [2][3] The issuing of the "Molteno Regulations", in the Cape Colony in 1874, was a turning point in the development of public ...