Archive - Historical Material

An exciting programme of social events, visits to libraries and day tours will be available during the conference.

Tours After the Conference

Delegates who wish to undertake tours to one of the many game reserves and holiday destinations of South Africa should arrange direct with their own travel agents.

Social Events

(included in conference fee)

Sunday 24 October 1999

18:00 Welcome reception at Die Werf. Enjoy true South African hospitality in a country setting. (Dress: open neck shirt.)

Monday 25 October 1999

18:30 Mayoral reception, Sammy Marks Square. (Dress: dark suit.)

Tuesday 26 October 1999

19:30 Conference dinner, Holiday Inn Pretoria. Enjoy old friends and discover new ones. (Dress: black tie/traditional.)

Wednesday 27 October 1999

18:00 Reception at Unisa. (Dress: lounge shirt.)

(included in conference fee)

Monday 25 October 1999

17:30 Pretoria Community Library, Sammy Marks Square. The Pretoria Community Library and Information Service has a network of one main and 22 decentralised community libraries, a travelling library with 10 service points and a depot library service with 48 service points. It has 80 000 registered members, issues about five million books and handles 300 000 information requests per year.

Wednesday 27 October 1999

17:00 Unisa Library. Through its system of distance teaching Unisa caters for approximately 120 000 students both inside and outside the borders of South Africa. The Unisa Library is one of the primary support services of the university, with an extensive collection of approximately 1,8 million books, periodicals, audiovisual and microform material. In 1998, the Library circulated a total of 630 000 items. In terms of interlibrary loans, the Library supplied 33 000 items to other libraries and obtained 10 000 items from other libraries.

Friday 29 October 1999

08:30 Delegates and their companions may choose ONE visit (included in conference fee):

• University of Pretoria Library. The largest residential university in South Africa, with more than 26 000 students. The academic library is decentralised and consists of nine separate library service units serving the individual faculties. There are 16 300 registered users of the academic information service, and in 1998 the service handled more than 75 000 interlending requests in the country and abroad.
• The Southern African Book Exchange, the State Library. A book redistribution project handled at national library level. Obsolete and little-used material is supplied to the Book Exchange where it is sorted and made available to libraries, school media centres and information centres.

Tuesday 26 October (included in conference fee)

15:15 Sightseeing trip to Union Buildings

Friday 29 October - optional extra excursions not included in conference fee:

08:30 These excursions are optional extra trips and their costs are NOT covered by the conference fee. Bookings will be taken during the conference week.

• HALF-DAY VISIT TO SOWETO: see the Hector Petersen Memorial, Regina Mundi Church, Mandela Museum, a squatter camp and an upmarket suburb; drive by the homes of President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, and the Chris Hani Hospital. R240 per person.
• HALF-DAY VISIT TO GOLD REEF CITY: Visit a gold mine - see underground mining activities and how a gold bar is poured. A fascinating glimpse of a mining camp in the late 19th century. R240 per person.
• DAY TRIP TO SUN CITY/LOST CITY: casino, the Lost City Palace, the Valley of the Waves; after lunch visit the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. R440 per person.
• HALF-DAY TRIP TO RHINO FARM AND WONDER CAVES: See numerous kinds of small game and antelope in their natural habitat. The Wonder Caves are excellent examples of the ancient rock formations in which Mrs Ples was found. R240 per person.