The Randburg Library is one of the regional libraries in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] The Library serves the township of Cosmo City and the surrounding suburbs;[2] it is situated within the Randburg Civic Centre.[3] It falls under the City of Johannesburg's Region B libraries. Randburg Library is leading the cities efforts to digitally transform libraries[4] with initiatives such as mLiteracy. In August of 2023, the library was gifted with an inverter to enable patrons to use the library during load shedding.[5]
The library's origins can be traced back to the 1950s during a time of rapid growth and development in Randburg. In response to the community's increasing demand for access to information and resources, a small lending library was established in 1957 within the existing municipal buildings. This modest space, staffed by volunteer librarians was eventually expanded to a larger and more equipped library in 1971.[6]
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- ^ Khuboni, Mthulisi. L. (2023) Randburg Library will operate during load-shedding https://www.citizen.co.za/randburg-sun/news-headlines/2023/08/13/power-battles-are-a-thing-of-the-past/, Randburg Sun
- ^ Mokoena, Walter. "Randburg Library says goodbye to loadshedding | Joburg Post". www.joburgpost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Import, Pongrass (2020-04-05). "A focus on the Randburg Civic Centre is needed". Randburg Sun. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Swartbooi, Brümilda. "Randburg library is trailblazing digital transformation". joburg.org.za. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Uninterrupted Reading: Randburg Library Fights Off Load Shedding - Loadshedding.com". 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Maylam, Paul (2017). Rhodes University, 1904 - 2016: An intellectual, Political and Cultural history (1st ed.). Grahamstown: Institute of Social and Economic Research. pp. 174–176. ISBN 978-0-86810-612-0.
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