cape crusade: building the steve biko library-archive in the eastern cape kenneth schlesinger chief...
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Cape Crusade: Building the Steve Biko Library-Archive in the Eastern Cape
Kenneth SchlesingerChief LibrarianLehman College
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Mission Impossible
•Draft a three-year Strategic Plan for proposed Library and Archive for Steve Biko Centre in Eastern Cape, South Africa
• . . . in six weeks
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Who was Steve Biko?• South African student leader
from the 1970s actively involved in liberation movement
• Developed concept of Black Consciousness [community empowerment]
• Brutally murdered by police while in detention in 1977
• His death awakened world to excesses and abuses of Apartheid
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Steve Biko gravesite
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Statue – East London City Hall
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Steve Biko Centre• Cultural heritage center under
construction in Ginsberg Township [Biko’s hometown]
• Museum, auditorium, conference center, community garden, Internet Café, library and archive
• Community-oriented space promoting leadership development, training and empowerment
• Need for spaces to interact – talk to each other
• Petition to be designated as UNESCO World Heritage site
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Steve Biko Centre – under construction
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Process – Eastern Cape• Visit local public libraries – meet
with librarians• Accomplish needs assessment of
access, content and technology requirements
• Meet with Provincial government representatives in libraries, archives and curriculum development
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South Africa - Map
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King William’s TownPublic Library
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East London Central Library
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Eastern Cape - Challenges• Poorest Province in South Africa• 43% unemployment – little local
industry• 51% pass rate on high school
Matriculation exam [second lowest in country]
• Libraries under resourced – not acknowledged as part of education reform
• Public schools share library services [in clusters of groups of ten]
• Limited access to Internet technologies
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Archives - Plan• Visit Special Collections at
National Library and major universities
• Review original documents related to Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and student liberation movements
• Attempt to enact duplication and exchange agreements with various repositories
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University of Fort Hare – Alice
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Computer Lab
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Rhodes University - Grahamstown
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Information Commons
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – Port Elizabeth
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University of the Witswatersrand [Wits] -
Johannesburg
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Historical Papers – Reading Room
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University of Cape Town
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Manuscripts and Special Collections
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Project Plan – Mission Statement• Collection Scope *African History and Civilization *Cultural Heritage *African Diaspora *Information supporting Biko Centre programs and initiatives *Free public health information
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User Groups
• Ginsberg Township, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape
• Cradle to Grave: Pre-schoolers, Seniors, Primary, Secondary, University Students, Out-of-School students
• Visitors, tourists, research scholars
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Space PlanningLibrary divided into three sections:•Entrance – Reference Desk greets visitors•10 Internet terminals•Central – Bookshelves on either side, bookstore-style•Four large work tables
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Space PlanningPublic Space includes the following: *Exhibit cases *Couches and chairs for Periodicals section *Carpeting-cushions for Children’s Readings
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Cataloging-Software-Consortia• Recommendation that Library
selects Sabinet for cataloging and circulation management [OCLC-affiliated]
• Join national SANLiC Consortium to make available major portal of electronic resources for Eastern Cape at reduced price
• 10,000 book collection cataloged by Dewey Decimal system [used by most South African public and academic libraries]
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Staffing•Librarian•Archivist•Library Assistant
[book cataloging-circulation]
•Archive Assistant [records processing]
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Literacy-Writing CentreCurriculum Materials
• Library offers literacy training to children and adults
• Writing Centre staffed by volunteer specialists to critically review students’ essays
• Teachers encouraged to contribute syllabi, lesson plans, and best practices to Curriculum Materials repository as community resource to foster excellence in instruction
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Outreach• Library must extend reach and
influence beyond physical walls of Centre
• Librarian can visit schools, child care centers, churches, and prisons for library orientations and Book Talks
• Mobile Library – Bookmobile travels to schools in underserved rural areas to distribute books and provide computer demonstrations
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Steve Biko Archive• Specialized repository collects
materials documenting Steve Biko’s writings, philosophy, political activity, and legacy
• Archivist must proactively solicit related materials and pursue exchange agreements with appropriate collections
• Archivist maintains intellectual control over release of sensitive documents
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Archives - Challenges• Special Collections at major
universities reluctant to show primary documents
• Perception that Biko Centre is in competition with them
• In their defense – South African libraries have been burned by insensitive U.S. university libraries presuming ownership of documents in cooperative digitization projects
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Archives - Achievements• Mayibuye Archives agreed to
share copies of Steve Biko-related documents
• Memorandum of Understanding in process
• National Library generous in showing rich liberation materials in collection
• University of Cape Town provided lead to trove of oral histories related to Steve Biko with major players
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Mayibuye Archives – University of Western
Cape
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South Africa National Library - Cape Town campus
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Computer LabMultimedia Centre
• Computer Lab extends Library by offering information literacy workshops, exam preparation, and computer training [novice to advanced]
• Multimedia Centre provides fledgling multimedia journalists with training in online editing and oral history techniques to create new programs and community legacy assets
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National School of the Arts students - Johannesburg
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Apartheid Museum – Take a Look at our Beautiful Country
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Then Walk Away Free . . .