South African Library Week  2022 Theme:

    ReImagine! RePurpose! ReDiscover ... Libraries!

South African Library Week 2022 Dates:

     14 - 20 March 2022

#salw2022 #ReImagine #RePurpose #ReDiscover

Downloads:
To download the poster or any of the other items listed below, click on the item and it will open in your preferred PDF reader, then save it to a folder on your device for further use. 

• SALW Poster in Landscape format
• SALW Poster in Portrait format
• SALW Bookmark
• SALW Profile Icon
• SALW Facebook Header
• SALW Facebook Post
• SALW Instagram Post
• SALW Twitter Header
• SALW Twitter Post
• SALW Virtual Background for Zoom
• SALW Virtual Background for MS Teams
• SALW 2022 Virtual Launch Programme - Monday, 14 March 2022
  

The digital media below can be downloaded and printed. These files can also be used on plasma or other digital display boards, or use it as a wallpaper on your laptop or desktop.  Add posters to high traffic areas, like the local clinic, municipal offices, shops around town, in public and private transport (all with the necessary permissions, of course). Get imaginative on how we spread the word about SALW and libraries in general, that the purpose of libraries can be understood and that our communities discover libraries again.

SALW 2022 in the Media

• Brand Stories
• DigiMag
  

Rationale:

The Library and Information Association (LIASA) is celebrating South African Library Week (SALW) for the 20^th time in 2022, with the theme ReImagine! RePurpose! ReDiscover...Libraries! from 14-20 March 2022.

Libraries continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many still grappling with providing appropriate services or sometimes even unable to provide these in any meaningful way. Sectors of the LIS community have also responded differently and this continues to be a cause for concern.

After reflecting on the changes wrought on our services and hence our profession, LIASA exhorts all in the LIS sector to ReImagine and RePurpose Libraries so that the communities we serve will ReDiscover them.

With this in mind, the theme for SALW 2022 will explore and interrogate the ways in which libraries are having to:

• Reimagine their services and their ability to render those services, 
• Repurpose both their spaces and their services to continue being effective in the communities that they serve, and in this way allowing users to 
• Rediscover the library and the ways in which it benefits them.

The theme for 2022 builds on the 2021 theme of "Libraries Matter!" by moving the narrative forward from one of confirming relevance to one of demonstrating how libraries continue to be relevant in society.

 The 2022 theme will also echo throughout the year, as LIASA celebrates 25 years of being THE Association for LIS in South Africa. LIASA throughout this year will continue striving to Reimagine itself and Repurpose the Association for a new generation of professionals and in this way, help the sector Rediscover LIASA as a Professional Body for everyone.

ABOUT SOUTH AFRICAN LIBRARY WEEK

LIASA initiated SALW in 2001 as a commemorative period when all types of libraries across the country use it as an opportunity to market their services and create awareness of the important role that libraries play in a democracy, advancing literacy, making the basic human right of freedom of access to information a reality, and to promote tolerance and respect in society.

The choice of the date commemorates the establishment by proclamation of the first public library, the South African Public Library, now the National Library of South Africa (Cape Town Campus), on 20 March 1818. Furthermore, on 21 March we celebrate Human Rights Day and our Bill of Rights recognises the freedom of access to information as a basic human right. An important historical event is thus linked with a crucial date in our democracy.

SALW was officially celebrated for the first time in 2002. The Week is a flagship LIASA project and is celebrated by all types of libraries across the country through programmes and activities.

ABOUT LIASA

LIASA is the SAQA recognised Professional Body for the Library and Information Services sector according to the NQF Act 67 of 2008 and a voluntary association which represents persons engaged or interested in library and information service (LIS) and millions of users and potential users of libraries in South Africa. LIASA aims to unite, develop and empower all people in the library and information field.  It represents the interests of and promotes the development and image of library and information services in South Africa. More information can be found at: https://www.liasa.org.za/ and about SALW at https://www.liasa.org.za/page/salw.