Charl Blignaut
THE Greater Johannesburg Central Library is about to spread its wings and enter the technological era in a big way. In a breakthrough for the city’s educational resources, this weekend sees the launch of a spanking new Multimedia Library that will steadily be building up audiovisual material until such time as organisations and individuals can take out memberships to utilise the resources.
Backed by Swedish donor funds and a sponsorship from Kodak, the Film Resource Unit (FRU) will be facilitating the project that aims to focus on developmental and educational topics, using video and sound cassettes as well as CD rom as a chief means of passing on information.
The unit will steadily be adding its archive of videos to the library. The eventual aim is to be able to lend audiovisual material to other libraries around the country. The central library will be responsible for the maintenance and daily running of the facility
The new library is to be opened by Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Bridgette Mabandla this Friday.