You are hereby invited to submit proposals for papers & posters that focus on areas related to the theme of the conference. The deadline has been extended until 20 June.<o:p></o:p>
The 16th Annual LIASA Conference aims to provide opportunities to debate, share, and learn from local and international professional colleagues and partners. All relevant stakeholders and partners are invited to participate in discussions and workshops around the proposed topics. Papers based on case studies and best practice would be given preference. <o:p></o:p>
Celebrating libraries in 20 years of democracy: the dialogue continues
Dale T. McKinley (2003) writes <o:p></o:p>
“The political, social and economic edifice of the apartheid system in South Africa was built on the foundation of an institutionalized violation of basic human rights. Indeed, the entire struggle against apartheid was fundamentally, a struggle for the democratic reclamation of those human rights, whether civil and political, socioeconomic and/or environmental, cultural and developmental rights”.<o:p></o:p>
