Molteno Regulations

Molteno Regulations (1874) tsarin tallafi ne na gwamnati don kafa dakunan karatu na jama'a kyauta, buɗe ga kowa, a cikin Cape Colony, Afirka ta Kudu.

 Abubuwan ciki 
Sanarwar da suka yi a karni na sha tara (sanarwar gwamnati ta 442, 1874) an yi shi ne don tada zaune tsaye a samar da dakunan karatu na jama’a, musamman a kananan garuruwa da kauyuka, wadanda za su kasance a bude ga kowa ba tare da la’akari da kabilanci ko aji ba.

Gwamnati za ta ba da kyauta na shekara-shekara har zuwa £100 da sharadin cewa ɗakin karatu zai sa duk littattafan su isa ga dukkan jama'a, ba tare da togiya ba, a kyauta. Ya kasance a cikin tasiri tsarin "fam-da-fam", wanda kyautar ɗakin karatu na shekara-shekara zai dogara ne akan adadin biyan kuɗi, ziyara da gudummawar da zai iya nuna cewa ya samu.  R.J.Holloway: The History and Development of the Kimberley Africana Library and its Relationship with the Kimberley Public Library. UNISA: South Africa. Sept 2009. p.49.

 Tarihi (1874-1955) 
Sharuɗɗan sun haifar da haɓaka mai yawa a cikin adadi da girman ɗakunan karatu na jama'a (duka ɗakin karatu da ɗakunan karatu) a cikin Cape Colony, yana ba shi ɗayan mafi girma na ɗakunan karatu a duniya a ƙarshen karni.

Saboda sauki da nasarar da suka samu, wasu sassa na kudancin Afirka sun yi amfani da ka'idojin, musamman bayan Tarayyar Turai a shekarar 1910. Sun ci gaba da aiki har sai da aka soke su a cikin shekarar ta 1955, kuma daga baya aka ba su sunan Firayim Minista na Cape wanda ya fara ba su a shekarar ta 1874, John Molteno. A cikin tsara ƙa'idoji ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan ƙuruciyarsa ya rinjayi shi  tattara littattafai a tsohon ɗakin karatu na Cape Town.  A.Kent, H.Lancour: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 1. CRC Press, 1968. p.125 

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 Tarihin dakunan karatu a Afirka ta Kudu

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