THEMBELIHLE MUNICIPALITY

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE

MONTHLY REPORT: STRYDENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY

Municipality Responsible officials Date

Thembelihle F.MARRIES/K.DOORSE 01-30 APRIL 2024

Introduction

• The report will focus on the progress per objectives and on the issues, that have an
impact on the operational and establishments of the unit for the month of APRIL.
2024.

Progress per objectives

• The aim is providing free, equitable and accessible, information library service to the
community and students.

Activity: Upgrade and Maintain Public Library

Build Facilities
Municipality Library Activity

Thembelihle STRYDENBRUG PUBLIC LIBRARY None

Summary on progress of projects.

• None

Challenges Experience
• The Library floor carpet must be replace with tiles.
• The wall must also be painted
• Ceiling must be repair
• Air -con doesn’t work
• Laminate machine must be repair
• Telephone are out of order for 1 YEAR

Summary of Library Interventions

• NONE
 Summary : Provision of Material Receive

Consignment Total numbers of Materials Return to Progress per Activity

Receive Materials District

Yes 0 None Good

Progress for Material Receive for this month

AF : 00 Ajf : 00 NCRC: 00
EF : 00 Ejf : 00 Cdv: 00
NF : 00 Jnf: 00 NCJR: 00
NCSC:00 BJ: 00 BLF:00

Summary:

• None

Summary of Performance of the month: Library Materials:

Library Total of Material Circulated Progress Of activity

STRYDENBURG PUBLIC 252 Good

LIBRARY

Progress of Material for this month

AF : 183 Ajf: 29 BL: 00

EF : 10 Ejf: 07 Cdv: 00
NF : 15 Jnf : 08 Cdc:00

Summary:

• Membership for Adults: 301

• Memberships for Children’s: 86
• Material in circulation for this month are: 252
• Members of the community who visits the library was: 43
• Users for this month are: 37
• Library internet users for this month: 10
 Summary of membership total

• Two new members for Adults and none for children for this month of March
2024.
• Internet users decrease this month of February 2024, due that most of
community members make used of the free Wi-Fi.
• All sites that Wi-Fi was install by Usaasa.

Summary: Resources

• All four computers are still in place and are still working.
Summary

• School Learners can now make used of the computers.

• Same as above mention the community members make used of the library resources.
• Free Wi-Fi installed by Usaasa staff on the 24 of July 2023.

Summary: Functions of Library

• Strydenburg Public Library did not held any functions during the month of
March 2024.

Summary of Library Visits

• 43 visits for this month (Users – 37 and PIA – 10).

Summary of Experience in the following Challenges:

• The Library floor carpet must be replace with tiles.

• The wall must also be painted
• Ceiling must be repair
• Aircon doesn’t work
• Laminate machine must be repair
• Telephone are out of order for more than two years

Report Compile by: Assistant- Librarians Verify by: Librarian

Mr.K.Doorse Mr.R.Matjan
Miss.F.Marries