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EDUCATION LIBRARY
The
Education Library offers a library and information service to all the teachers, professional and administrative
officials of the Free State Department of Education. Persons who do not qualify
as members of the Library, but who would like to use available material, may do
so in the Library.
The
library stock covers the field of
education and related subject areas such as psychology, philosophy and
sociology. The stock consists of: books, magazines, newspapers, theses /
dissertations, education reports and audio-visual material, such as maps, video
and audiocassettes, slides and transparencies.
The
latest issues of magazines are available on the magazine shelves in the
Library. These magazines are arranged in alphabetical order, according to their
titles. Older issues are stored in a separate section in the Library, and may
also be consulted. Magazines may not be borrowed from the Library, but
photocopies of articles may be made at a fee.
All
other material may be borrowed from
the Library for a period of 4 weeks
– 10 books and/or 4 audio-visual items at a time. This period may be extended
on request, unless items are reserved for another member.
Material
which is in stock, but not immediately available, can be reserved should the user be prepared to wait until it is available.
An
Inter Library Lending Service (
ILL
) is also available to members, should material, which is not part of the
Library stock, be requested. The normal national ILL tariffs will be charged.
Since
the Library has access to Internet, the librarian can provide a wide
range of information to the users.
The
Library circulates an annotated Acquisition
List of new materials on a quarterly basis. The purpose is to bring new
acquisitions to the attention of the members. These new acquisitions may also be
requested and borrowed from the Library.
The
Newsletter, which is also
circulated on a quarterly basis, contains a list of interesting articles
that have been identified in new magazines. Photocopies of these articles may be
requested on the prescribed form, on condition that the necessary photocopying
paper is supplied, or on the payment of the required amount.
On
occasion the Librarian compiles bibliographies
on specific subjects, so that relevant and available library material is
introduced to users, and so that they can borrow the material if necessary.
The
Acquisitions List, Newsletter, Catalogue of Audio-Visual
Material and the above-mentioned bibliographies are sent only to heads of
directorates, district offices and child guidance clinics. They must please
circulate the material amongst their personnel, and the district offices must
please circulate the material amongst the Learning Facilitators, so that they
can make the information available to schools during their visits.
The
Librarian, Mrs Erna Mostert, would like to help with the needs of all
departmental officials and teachers. Enquiries can be addressed to her, either
by mail, e-mail, phone or a personal visit.
The
Library is situated on the ground floor of the
Syfrets
Building
,
65 Maitland Street
,
Bloemfontein
.
Postal
address : Education Library, Private Bag X20565,
Bloemfontein
, 9300.
Tel
: 051-404 8467 Fax : 051-404 8493 E-mail
address: mosterte@edu.fs.gov.za
The
hours are: Mondays to Fridays from 07:30 to 12:30, and from 13:00 to
16:00.
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