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"South Africa will be dealing with the legacy of apartheid for generations. Bureaucratically, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was created to provide a forum for the redress of injustices. However, even before the TRC was conceived and initiated, Dr. Jacqueline Kalley had the foresight and vision to document the experiences of black librarians during South Africa's years of apartheid. Kalley focuses her studies on the second half of the 20th century, when apartheid reached it zenith. ""Apartheid in South African Libraries"" is an in-depth study of the effect of apartheid on public, provincial and community library services in South Africa. With a high degree of accuracy and objectivity, Dr. Kalley documents the past record and experiences of black libraries. She masterfully integrates the numerous aspects of this complicated subject including historical, legal and resource concerns. An historical introduction helps provide background and context for the work, and an index, bibliography and photographs round out the book."

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...Kalley's book provides a compendious reference work of the development of libraries in South Africa in the twentieth century. It therefore represents an important source for understanding the institutional aspects of information dissemination during the apartheid era. H-Net Reviews The book is recommended as essential reading for all scholars of public history in South Africa. It can also provide an excellent synopsis of such history for South African library and information science (LIS) students...of value to anyone involved in public and community library services in which minority and disadvantaged groups are involved. Journal Of Education For Library and Information Science

...Kalley's book provides a compendious reference work of the development of libraries in South Africa in the twentieth century. It therefore represents an important source for understanding the institutional aspects of information dissemination during the apartheid era. H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online The book is recommended as essential reading for all scholars of public history in South Africa. It can also provide an excellent synopsis of such history for South African library and information science (LIS) students...of value to anyone involved in public and community library services in which minority and disadvantaged groups are involved. Journal Of Education For Library and Information Science

...Kalley's book provides a compendious reference work of the development of libraries in South Africa in the twentieth century. It therefore represents an important source for understanding the institutional aspects of information dissemination during the apartheid era. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online * The book is recommended as essential reading for all scholars of public history in South Africa. It can also provide an excellent synopsis of such history for South African library and information science (LIS) students...of value to anyone involved in public and community library services in which minority and disadvantaged groups are involved. * Journal Of Education For Library and Information Science *

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Jacqueline A. Kalley is Research Associate in the Department of Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

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