The grant will particularly be used to:

• Improved coordination and collaboration between national, provincial and local government.
• Transformed and equitable library and information services delivered to all rural and urban communities.
• Improved library infrastructure and services that reflect the specific needs of communities it serves.
• Improved staff capacity at rural and urban libraries to appropriately respond to community knowledge and information needs.
• Increase book stock, training librarians, increasing user access to libraries,
• To provide additional information communications technology and internet connectivity to support learning and skills development.

There will be a special focus 
on the promotion and supply of 
indigenous language material in libraries. 

The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) is contributing to this Project by providing professional support to the Department for specific projects

National Priorities:

Literacy campaign and promoting a culture of reading:

• Creating a nation of readers.
• Promoting accessibility to books.
• Empowering the mind.

Promotion and publishing of African indigenous language materials:

• Taking pride in our languages.

• Supporting African literature in African languages.

• Stimulating creativity.

• Promoting identity through indigenous languages.

Promotion of writers and publishers in African languages:

• Reprint of African classics.

• Recognising literary excellence.

• Finding our roots through literature.

• Profiling South African writers.

• Rediscovering pioneers of South African literature.