The Michaelis Art Library: Thirty Years in a Changing City

The Michaelis Art Library, part of the Reference Division of the Johannesburg Public Library Service, originated with a collection of books purchased for the planned Johannesburg Art Gallery in the 1920s. Temporarily and then permanently housed in the Public Library, the collection became the nucleus of a growing art library, the largest public art library in South Africa. In recent years usage of the library declined as a result of political tensions, but then increased in parallel with a surge of vitality in the arts which heralded the end of apartheid and the emergence of democracy. During 1995 the Michaelis Art Library was due to move into Johannesburg’s central library building.

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Art for the Masses? Justification for the Public Support of the Arts in Developing Countries – Two Arts Festivals in South Africa

Journal of Cultural Economics ◽

10.1007/s10824-005-5064-5 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 107-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

J. D. Snowball

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Public Support ◽

The Public ◽

Arts Festivals ◽

The Arts ◽

The Masses

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The public library service

Religion in Education ◽

10.1080/3608556319 ◽

1936 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 160-164

Author(s):

M.J. Powell

Keyword(s):

Public Library ◽

Library Service ◽

The Public

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MARKETING IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BASED ON THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE, IFLA / UNESCO GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives ◽

10.1515/9783598440199.3.182 ◽

2006 ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Libraries ◽

Public Library ◽

International Perspective ◽

Library Service ◽

The Public

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The Public Library in an Aging Society

Advances in Library and Information Science - Library and Information Science Research in Asia-Oceania ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5158-6.ch015 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 266-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saori Donkai ◽

Chieko Mizoue

Keyword(s):

Public Libraries ◽

Public Library ◽

The Elderly ◽

Library Service ◽

The Public ◽

Aging Society ◽

Service Category ◽

Near Future ◽

Recent Government ◽

Individual Service

This chapter describes the present conditions of our aging society, with a particular focus on Japan as a typical example of such a society. In Japan, one in every four individuals is over 65 years of age, and one in eight is over 75 years of age. Further, based on this demographic change to an older population, this chapter discusses a new library service designed to enhance the lives of elderly citizens. The authors explore this new service from the viewpoint of lifelong learning, utilizing the results of recent government surveys and some case studies, such as those done at the Izumo City Hikawa Library and the Akita Prefectural Library in Japan. Although the elderly have been placed within the category of “disabled library patrons,” in recent years, it has become more common to consider the elderly, as a whole, as an individual service category. We should, in the near future, pay more attention to supporting elderly citizens at public libraries to engage them in the development and maintenance of their own communities.

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Public Libraries in Ireland II. Public libraries and the visual arts today

Art Libraries Journal ◽

10.1017/s0307472200011779 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 41-44

Author(s):

Deirdre Ellis-King ◽

Marjory Sliney

Keyword(s):

Visual Arts ◽

Public Libraries ◽

Public Library ◽

Cultural Institutions ◽

Library Service ◽

The Public ◽

Library Network ◽

The Many

In recent years increased interest in the visual arts has led public libraries to increase stock to support this area, to organise exhibitions and to make connections with other arts-related bodies. The recognised extent, quality and value of the public library network lie both in its service to users and in good-quality and centrally located buildings. Imaginative links have been made between the library service and other cultural institutions in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe, particularly in the many thinly populated areas of the country which could otherwise be isolated from the cultural facilities available in the larger conurbations.

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