Before 1961 the SABC had no Library.
Staff members and departments ordered books individually and did not organise or store them properly. Dr Burgers – the then Head of the Afrikaans Service – identified the need for this to be done. The result was the establishment of a library in Johannesburg.
The first librarian was Ms Rhoda Barry. She catalogued and organised the books, which at that time made up a small collection of mainly fiction and books that were presented by on radio announcers.
By 1979 the collection had grown to10 000 books that were catalogued on a card system and comprised both fiction and non-fiction. During 1988 the library was computerised and started ordering and circulating periodicals on behalf of all SABC staff.
Today the Information Library has a huge collection comprising of the following:
- 25 000 books
- More than 400 Magazine titles
- Newspaper cuttings consisting the following:
- General subjects – 12 408 files
- Biographies – 10 581 files
- TRC – 693 files
- Africa and South Africa – 1083 files
- Political Parties – 193 files
- SABC – 2 907 files
- 179 639 articles have been indexed electronically.
The vision of the Information Library is to be the leading information provider for the Public Broadcaster and its stakeholders
The mission of the Information Library is to acquire and make available, at all times, information required by the library’s users – both internal and external to to provide relevant information upon request.
Contact details:
Principal Information Librarian
Monica van Deventer
T. +27 11 714-3232
E. vandeventerm@sabc.co.za
Book Section Senior Information Librarian
Joleyn Botha :
T. +27 11 714-2818
E. bothajj@sabc.co.za
Information Librarian
Lillian Phethedi
T. +27 11 714-3936
E. pethedill@sabc.co.za
Magazine Section Information Librarian
Nomawethu Mgangxela :
T. +27 11 714-2817
E. mgangxela@sabc.co.za
Newspaper Cutting Section Information Librarian
Thelma Khumalo :
T. +27 11 714-4282
E. khumalont@sabc.co.za
Junior Information Librarian
Themba Mtshali
T. +27 11 714-4005
E. mtshalitoa@sabc.co.za
Fax number for Information Library: +27 11 714-3638
