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LIBRARY SCIENCE WORKSHOP
“Universal Access and Service to ICT for All”29 November 2019
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What does USAASA do
• Bridge the digital divide by rolling out Information and Communication Technologies ( ICT’s) in under-serviced areas
• Subsidise internet connectivity in schools, clinics and community access centers
• Subsidise end-user devices such as tablets, desktop computers and laptops in schools, clinics and access centers
• Subsidise the extension and/or construction of broadband infrastructure in under-serviced areas
• Subsidise the rollout of set-top boxes to poor TV owning households
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Vision, Mission and Values
• Vision
• Universal Access and
Service to ICT for All
• Mission
• To facilitate the rollout of adequate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure to enable universal access to under-serviced areas in South Africa.
• To facilitate ICT service to under-serviced areas and thereby contributing to the reduction of poverty and unemployment in South Africa.
• To promote and pursue the goal of Universal Access and Services and contribute to the sharing and preservation of information in order to build South Africa’s sustainable knowledge society.
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Legislative and Policy Mandates
• South Africa Connect Policy, 2013• robust and cost effective broadband solution to universal, affordable broadband access
• market structure and associated regulatory regime required to induce sufficient public and private investment.
• mechanisms for greater co-ordination at all tiers of government, to enable more equitable access to broadband and to manage the removal of impediments to broadband network extension.
• co-ordination between state owned entities through clear role definition, integration of planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Facilitate infrastructure planning through the mapping of existing broadband networks, co-ordination of deployment plans of operators and infrastructure sharing in order to limit the duplication of civil works.
• vision, model and plan towards a world class open-access national broadband network and harnessing public and private sector contributions, capabilities and resources.
To present a vision, strategy and a long-term plan that is immediately implementable and that will catalyse broadband connectivity in South Africa:
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SA Connect Policy Targets
TargetPenetration
MeasureBaseline (2013) By 2016 By 2020 By 2030
Broadband access in Mbps user experience
% of population33.7% internet
access50% at 5Mbps
90% at 5Mbps50% at 100Mbps
100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
Schools % of schools 25% connected 50% at 10Mbps100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
100% at 1Gbps
Health facilities% of health
facilities13% connected 50% at 10Mbps
100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
100% at 1Gbps
Government facilities
% of government
offices50% at 5Mbps 100% at 10Mbps
100% at 100Mbps
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CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMME
Connect schools and clinics
Cover entire municipality with broadband infrastructure
Connects government departments
Rollout Wi-Fi hotspots
Create opportunities for local entrepreneurs
Foster adoption of e-health, e-education, e-agriculture and e-government
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ICT’s in Library services
• Libraries are information hubs
• ICT’s benefits cut across all sectorsICT’s present enormous benefits for Libraries
• People expect, especially millennials, better library performance
• Application of ICT to Library services is still inadequate
• High speed broadband is paramount
• Library services will become better and faster
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Benefits of ICT in Libraries
• Virtual libraries
• Improves access to digital information
• Access to information with ease
• ICT could play an important role in acquisition, storage, organisation and dissemination of information
• Make it easy for collaboration among researchers irrespective of their location
• Save Space
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Challenges
• Fast and reliable telecommunications network
• ICT Skills within the library staff
• Financial resources
• Bold ICT policies
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