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LIBRARY SCIENCE WORKSHOP
“Universal Access and Service to ICT for All”29 November 2019
What does USAASA do
• Bridge the digital divide by rolling out Information and Communication Technologies ( ICT’s) in under-serviced areas
• Subsidise internet connectivity in schools, clinics and community access centers
• Subsidise end-user devices such as tablets, desktop computers and laptops in schools, clinics and access centers
• Subsidise the extension and/or construction of broadband infrastructure in under-serviced areas
• Subsidise the rollout of set-top boxes to poor TV owning households
Vision, Mission and Values
• Vision
• Universal Access and
Service to ICT for All
• Mission
• To facilitate the rollout of adequate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure to enable universal access to under-serviced areas in South Africa.
• To facilitate ICT service to under-serviced areas and thereby contributing to the reduction of poverty and unemployment in South Africa.
• To promote and pursue the goal of Universal Access and Services and contribute to the sharing and preservation of information in order to build South Africa’s sustainable knowledge society.
Legislative and Policy Mandates
• South Africa Connect Policy, 2013• robust and cost effective broadband solution to universal, affordable broadband access
• market structure and associated regulatory regime required to induce sufficient public and private investment.
• mechanisms for greater co-ordination at all tiers of government, to enable more equitable access to broadband and to manage the removal of impediments to broadband network extension.
• co-ordination between state owned entities through clear role definition, integration of planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Facilitate infrastructure planning through the mapping of existing broadband networks, co-ordination of deployment plans of operators and infrastructure sharing in order to limit the duplication of civil works.
• vision, model and plan towards a world class open-access national broadband network and harnessing public and private sector contributions, capabilities and resources.
To present a vision, strategy and a long-term plan that is immediately implementable and that will catalyse broadband connectivity in South Africa:
SA Connect Policy Targets
TargetPenetration
MeasureBaseline (2013) By 2016 By 2020 By 2030
Broadband access in Mbps user experience
% of population33.7% internet
access50% at 5Mbps
90% at 5Mbps50% at 100Mbps
100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
Schools % of schools 25% connected 50% at 10Mbps100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
100% at 1Gbps
Health facilities% of health
facilities13% connected 50% at 10Mbps
100% at 10Mbps80% at 100Mbps
100% at 1Gbps
Government facilities
% of government
offices50% at 5Mbps 100% at 10Mbps
100% at 100Mbps
CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMME
Connect schools and clinics
Cover entire municipality with broadband infrastructure
Connects government departments
Rollout Wi-Fi hotspots
Create opportunities for local entrepreneurs
Foster adoption of e-health, e-education, e-agriculture and e-government
ICT’s in Library services
• Libraries are information hubs
• ICT’s benefits cut across all sectorsICT’s present enormous benefits for Libraries
• People expect, especially millennials, better library performance
• Application of ICT to Library services is still inadequate
• High speed broadband is paramount
• Library services will become better and faster
Benefits of ICT in Libraries
• Virtual libraries
• Improves access to digital information
• Access to information with ease
• ICT could play an important role in acquisition, storage, organisation and dissemination of information
• Make it easy for collaboration among researchers irrespective of their location
• Save Space
Challenges
• Fast and reliable telecommunications network
• ICT Skills within the library staff
• Financial resources
• Bold ICT policies
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