Draft:Emmarentia Public Library
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The Emmarentia Public Library is situated on the corner of Barry Hertzog and Greenhill road in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. This facility offers a small, but well run space, that offers a balance between fiction and reference materials in analogue and digital form.[1]
Emmarentia Public Library also has public computers with Internet access and free Wi-Fi.[2] Patrons who interact and engage with staff can be guided by a highly qualified librarian with a Masters of Information Science (obtained with a merit) from the University of Zululand. Qualified librarians have local [3] and international digital transformation expertise,[4] and is also a recognized Wikipedian.[5] Librarians use their degrees and experience to serve, empower and explore self-check-out systems with surrounding community with projects such as PAIL (Public Access to Internet in Libraries),[6] with Wits University and eduroam partnering with them to provide access to 36 of the approximately 90 public libraries in the city. [7]
Whether learning to read, using desktop computers for research, or becoming mobile literate, Emmarentia Library is making a difference to the community.
References
[edit]- ^ "Emmarentia Library – Cojelearning". 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Zwane, Duduzile (31 January 2025). "Wits brings free Wi-Fi to public libraries in Johannesburg". IOL. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ https://joburg.org.za/media_/Newsroom/Pages/2022%20News%20Articles/November/Let%E2%80%99s-go-digital-with-our-young-stars.aspx
- ^ "Librarian Njabulo represents City on international stage". Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ https://joburg.org.za/media_/Newsroom/Pages/2022%20News%20Articles/August/Two-City-of-Joburg-librarians-get-nod.aspx
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). repository.ifla.org.
- ^ Zwane, Duduzile. "Wits brings free Wi-Fi to public libraries in Johannesburg". IOL.
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