Librarians and Readers in the South African Anti-Apartheid Struggle

• Event Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
• Time: 4:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Center for Advanced Study
CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series

Archie Dick
George A. Miller Endowment Professor, University of Illinois
Professor, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

During the 1980s, libraries in South Africa were caught up in the turbulence of the anti-apartheid struggle. Librarians and readers responded in unusual and constructive ways to the oppressive political circumstances and state censorship of the period. As reading became subversive, libraries became more than just places for books. Many librarians and readers acted as agents of social change. They should be remembered in the history of the struggle that created the modern South African state.

Museum visitors are reminded that food and drinks are not allowed in the Museum. Backpacks and other large items brought to the Museum will have to be stored; there is limited locker storage space available for these items.