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Information has the power to illuminate people, believes Theresa Brink, an intern at the Sol Plaatje University (SPU) Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brink was one of several librarians who attended the South African Librarians\u2019 Day celebrations on 20 July at the Africana Research Library in Kimberley. The event was hosted by the Northern Cape branch of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (Liasa), celebrating its 25th year of existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brink said she had chosen this career and described the internship as extremely rewarding. Growing up in Roodepan, the books she found in the library were often torn, with pages lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember opening my first own, new book. It was amazing,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe as librarians are social workers, psychologists and more; we assist people in all career fields,\u201d said Constance Ndumela, an information librarian at the SPU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Librarians talked about their journey, clearly indicating how happy they are in this career. \u201cI am passionate about it\u201d, \u201cI have never looked back\u201d and \u201cIt is my reason to get up; to go to work\u201d, were some of the comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consider it as a career<\/div>\n
One stated the importance of talking about this profession to the youth, and encouraging them to consider it as a career.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bernice Nagel, Liasa branch secretary and professional librarian, talked on Bertram Dyer, South Africa\u2019s first qualified librarian, who was appointed at the Kimberley Public Library on 1 August 1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this appointment, Kimberley became the first town in the country to employ a full-time librarian. It is further said that Dyer was the person who first coined the word \u201cAfricana\u201d for use in printed material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from all the firsts Dyer introduced to the library world, it is also said he is associated with the wandering ghost of the old Kimberley Public Library.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manda Hough, Northern Cape Liasa chairperson and acting manager of the Kimberley Public Library, spoke about the advantages Liasa held for librarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ndumela advised librarians to join the association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a space to transfer knowledge,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kgasane Gift Seemela, master of ceremonies, in the Africana Research Library in Kimberley. <\/div>\n
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