Roodepoort libraries will be closed for stocktaking
Community members urged to use alternative libraries
Community members are informed that 32 of the City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ) libraries are scheduled for stocktaking.
The Department of Library and Information Services (LIS) conduct stocktaking on a schedule that spans over three years. In February this year, the LIS directorate conducted stocktaking in eight of the City’s libraries, and from 8 October the schedule will resume at the other 32 libraries.
Two Roodepoort libraries will be affected by these scheduled closures. The Davidsonville Library will be closed from 29 October to 3 November, and community members are advised to use the Witpoortjie or Wilro Park Libraries. Wilro Park Library will be closed from 28 January to 2 February next year, and community members are advised to use the Witpoortjie or Horizon View libraries.
According to councilor Nonhlanhla Sifumba, the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, stocktaking is an essential library stock management tool. “This tool is used to ensure each library has the best resources to offer to our residents who rely on these institutions for the provision of study and research material, among other things,” she explained
She added that, to ensure the resources at the libraries are up to date and relevant to residents, individual libraries will be closed for the duration of the stock-take. “This is in compliance with treasury regulations GRAP 17, which ensures that library assets are kept modern and up to date,” she said.
The MMC concluded by saying, “Notices will be placed in the libraries two weeks before each closure, as well as information on alternative libraries to use close by. The notices will also be posted on the LIS Directorate’sFacebook page, as well as on the@CoJCommunityDev Twitter page in order to inform communities of the planned closures. We ask for residents’ patience during this time.”
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