The National Department of Arts and Culture through the National Library of South Africa (NLSA) and Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) will host the 3rd African Public Libraries Summit under the theme: “Driving Development: African Public Libraries Delivering on the Development Agenda”, in partnership with the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA).
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa will officially open the Summit on Tuesday, 03 July 2018 at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban.
The Summit will gather educators, practitioners and policy makers, as well as organizations and professionals working in partnership with African public libraries to deliberate on key resolutions as guiding efforts towards the development and promotion of local content in African libraries.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: 3 – 4 July 2018
Time: 9h30
Venue: International Convention Centre (ICC), Durban in KwaZulu-Natal
Media RSVP: Madimetja Moleba at 066 301 4675 / madimetjam@dac.gov.za or Muponisi Nkuna at 083 471 0061 / muponisi.nkuna@nlsa.ac.za
Media enquiries:
Contact Zimasa Velaphi
Cell: 072 172 8925
Jolene Shirley
Cell: 083 465 2476
E-mail: jolene.shirley@nlsa.ac.za
