Considerations requiring investigation in the allocation of funds for library materials at the University of Cape Town

With very few exceptions, all libraries, be they national, university, provincial, municipal or special, are funded to a greater or lesser degree by public money. Thus as Malan says, this subsidy presupposes that their services and stock should be used in the public interest. (Malan, 1978:83). In the case of South African university libraries, which constitutes the province of this study, the parent institution currently receives a subsidy according to the provisions laid down in the van Wyk de Vries Commission's recommendations. (de Vries, 1974). Included in this subsidy are formulae designed specifically to enable the university library to operate, i.e. allowances are made both for personnel and for the acquisition of library materials. It is in this latter connection that the present inves- tigation has been made, viz. the allocation of funds received from the State via the university administration to the teaching and research units to enable them to fulfil their basic function.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC)

Year dc:date.issued

1979

Author dc:creator

• Eave, Rosemary Antoinette Bazett

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kesting, J G

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12559

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12559