DON AFRICANA CENTRAL REFERENCE LIBRARY : A BRIEF OVERVIEW
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DON AFRICANA CENTRAL REFERENCE LIBRARY : A BRIEF OVERVIEW. BACKGROUND. It was named after David Don who was born in Scotland in 1840, settling in Natal 1881. He set up a library for his collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps and manuscripts. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BACKGROUNDIt was named after David Don who was born in
Scotland in 1840, settling in Natal 1881. He set up a library for his collection of books,
pamphlets, newspapers, maps and manuscripts.After he died in 1906, his Africana collection was
loaned to Durban Public Library in 1909. Later, in 1916, his family donated the entire
collection dating back to the early 16th century to the library. These 4 000 items now form the nucleus of the
Don Africana.
Resources and services avail.ACADEMIC BOOKSREFERENCE MATERIALHISTORIC – AFRICANA MATERIALSA HISTORY and legal publicationsINDEGENOUS Languages MATERIALON LINE DATABASESNEWSPAPER ROOMINTERNET ROOMS AND WIRELESS
CONNECTIONMAGAZINE AREA
DON AFRICANA SECTIONThe Don Africana Collection is a specialist reference collection of both rare and current
Africana material.Consists of books, pamphlets, maps, journals,
newspaper cuttings, government publications and microfilms. over 50 000 catalogued items and many journals, some of which have yet to
be recorded on the computer catalogue.Rare and valuable works such as French and
Italian editions dated 1550 and 1556 of "The History and Description of Africa" by Leo
Africanus.
BIBLE FOUND IN 1850
..continuedThe emphasis is on botany, zoology, discovery and
exploration, history and anthropology in Africa South of the Sahara.
rare and contemporary maps which chronicle the cartography of Africa
Government Publications include law reports, statutes, government gazettes, Bills, Government Department annual, Commission Reports, debates of the Senate and National Assembly (Hansard), etc.
newspapers on microfilm, while a selection of early Natal newspapers is in the original form.
A wide range of South African journals is available.
Bound newspapers from 1800’s
Government publications from the 1800s
The Reference Section and Reading Area
LAW REPORTS
The Hillier Shakespeare Collectionapproximately 55oo books, is one of the biggest collections of Shakespeare in the Southern Hemisphere. Holds both rare books and contemporary material by or about Shakespeare and his works.
MAGAZINE READING AREA
MICROFILMED NEWSPAPERS
Newspaper Reading Area and Cyber Zones:
Opening hrs:weekdays-09:00am -17:00pm Saturdays-08:30am -12.30pm
CONTACT DETAILS10th floor Liberty Towers, Samora Machel St
031 322 4410/13/15/16/17Email-
[email protected] email the Senior Librarian
