Mogale libraries to help Unisa students
The partnership will give Unisa students access to study material and books without them needing to travel to the Unisa campuses.
The University of South Africa (Unisa) and Mogale City have launched their library partnership at the Krugersdorp Public Library.
The partnership, launched on Thursday, 22 September, will give Unisa students access to study material and books without them needing to travel to the Unisa campuses.
Unisa students will now be able to courier items from the University to the libraries and vice versa.
The partnership also allows Unisa students to get technological training and support from educated library assistants. Internet access and access to databases, electronic reserves, electronic journals and electronic books will also be available at the libraries.
The students will also have access to libraries to ensure they have a space in which to study.
There are 11 libraries falling under the Krugersdorp Library services. All these libraries will offer the same services according to the partnership.
Lynn Pannall, Mogale City Excecutive Mayor, attended the symbolic signing of the partnership and praised Unisa and the library’s willingness to collaborate.
“This is a wonderful initiative,” she said. “Our basket of libraries will empower the people in far-flung areas who want an education, by bringing their education tools to their doorsteps.
This will free our people from logistic issues which further complicate the already difficult task of studying.”
The overjoyed Unisa students sat in the crowd as Joyce Gozo, director of Unisa Library Client Services and Shirley Mathebula, Mogale City’s Executive Manager of Social Services symbolically signed the partnership agreement. The official memorandum of understanding which secures the partnership was signed in June.
Azakhona Maliwa, an information science student at Unisa, says this partnership will provide students like her with highly necessary resources.
“I live in Kagiso and travelling to any Unisa campus is not easy,” Azakhona said. “Not only do students have extreme budget constraints, they also don’t necessarily have the time to travel that far in one day.”
She says she will now have access to the books that carry within their pages the knowledge that can empower the youth of the West Rand.
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