The City of Ekurhuleni is celebrating National Library Week until Saturday.
Library Week is an annual event that’s celebrated every third week of March. The celebration aims to support the national drive to promote literacy through the provision of library and information services.
As part of the National Library Week celebration, the City of Ekurhuleni libraries exempt all users with any long outstanding books from paying fines. Libraries boxes were placed in libraries where users can place long outstanding books without being fined.
This year’s theme for Library Week is “Collaborate @ your library”. The theme seeks to emphasise and promote the idea of working together at the city’s libraries and to encourage libraries and communities to forge mutually beneficial relationships.
“Libraries are so much more than just books, they reflect and serve communities according to their needs,” Ekurhuleni’s MMC for Community Services Clr Dora Mlambo said.
The celebrations also recognise the vital role played by libraries in integrating users into a new world characterised by the sharing of information. This applies to all libraries that include those that are based in schools, public libraries and academic libraries.
They offer vital resources to address community needs and are places where the community gathers to interface on community issues.
