2018/19 – COMMUNITY LIBRARIES CONDITIONAL GRANT ACHIEVEMNETS

FREE STATE PROVINCIAL LIBRARY SERVICES

Contents

• Introduction

– Grant outcomes

• 2018-19 allocations

• Spending trends and achievements

• Challenges

• Conclusion

Introduction

• Improved coordination & collaboration amongst national, provincial and local government

• Transformed and equitable library & information services delivered to all rural and urban communities, especially previously disadvantaged communities

• Improved staff capacity at urban and rural libraries to appropriately respond to community needs

• Improved library infrastructure that reflects the needs of communities

• Staff capacity at libraries strengthened

• Improved culture of reading

• Grant effectively managed and monitored

Contributing to Government outcomes: 1 and 14

2018/19 allocations

Spending trends and achievements

Outcome Output Achieved Allocated budgetR,000

Spent budgetR’000

Improved coordination

Provincialisation

130 libraries Out of 145 55 000 41 634

Administration 2 340 2 327

Transformed and equitable library services

Library material( supporting local authors) 66 854 3 000

9 345

ICT equipment (info. Kiosks) 155 1 347 1 347

ICT connectivity 8 814 8 814

Spending trends and achievements cont …

Outcome Output Achieved Allocated budgetR,000

Spent budgetR’000

Transformed and equitable library services

Services for visually disabled 16 1 500 1 500

Photocopying services provided 133 2 437 2 852

Dual Purpose libraries: 3 per year since 2015 14 16 180 11 468

Toy libraries established 8 600 833

“Mr. Thando is an Albino and because of His situation He was

struggling to use the computers other than the one that is

tailored for his situation, but since using visually challenge

computer, Mr Thando is enjoying reading in the screen because

the screen is design in such a way that meet His needs. He is now

becoming our regular user”

Spending trends and achievements cont …

Outcome Output Achieved Allocated budgetR,000

Spent budgetR’000

Improved library

infrastructure that

reflects the needs of

communities New buildings 0 8 040 1 040

Upgrades 0 3 923 35

Maintenance 7 3 295 2 998

Staff capacity at libraries strengthened CoE 161 32 265 28 381

Capacity Building 238 1 550 1 410

Bursaries 15 166 155

Spending trends and achievements cont …

Outcome Output Achieved Allocated budgetR,000

Spent budgetR’000

Projects to promote a culture of reading presented Reading Festival 1 1 500 709

National Book Week 1 0 109

Grant effectively managed and monitored Staff appointed 16 5 500 3 009

General administration 1 200 4 257

Challenges

• Decline of equitable share budget resulting in Library Services becoming increasingly managed from conditional grant budget

• 99% of salaries from provincialisation funded from Conditional Grant

• Delays in implementation of infrastructure and maintenance projects

• High cost of connectivity and broadband

• Struggling with slow internet speed

• Security/theft/burglary challenges in libraries: Draw back

• Fear that may be brought by the introduction 4IR

Conclusion

• The conditional Grant has and continues to contribute indelibly towards development of libraries in the country leading libraries to add value to the lives of communities: IT, modern technology, free information services and affordable basic services.

• Libraries increasingly becoming techno-centric and thus ICT hubs, Information kiosks

• Dual Purpose Libraries benefiting both school and general communities.

• The addition of Services for the Visually Impaired also contributes to changing the face of libraries

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