The
South Africa We Want
School Libraries are the most neglected libraries as often limited budgets dictate that an English teacher with a free period must run the library rather than the expense of employing a qualified LIS professional.
Public Libraries are also the Cinderella of the profession as they are often under-funded and poorly staffed. Both these valuable repositories of information thus are unavailable to our digital natives as they do not have access to the resources and expertise that these libraries could provide.
Achievements
- Helped renovate a community school library in Makhanda, Eastern Cape
- Raised school library book clubs from and created school partnerships
- Helped design a most successful school library in the Eastern Cape using the "Library of the Future" concept
- Helped set up Classroom Corner Library in a Junior school in Makhanda, Eastern Cape
- Implemented an International exchange mentorship program in 2018
- Various Fundraisers in support of literacy programs in the Eastern Cape
- Implementation and coordination of a most succesful Interact Club at St Andrew's College
- In 2019, I was awarded the Eastern Cape Librarian of the Year and 2nd Runner Up Nationally
- In 2021, I was awarded the Humphrey H. Hubert Fulbright scholarship to the United States for 2021-2022 academic year
- In 2019, hosted a most successful School Librarians' Conference and created a model for Outreach through the library themed "Library of the Future"
- Mentoring successful student leaders
- Created a collaboration for St Andrew's College book club and a Community School book club
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