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