Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes

Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes wani ɗakin karatu ne da ke Makhanda, a ƙarƙashin Garin Makana . An fara kafa shi ne a 1937 a cikin ginin Clock Tower na Kwalejin Jami'ar Rhodes . 

 Ci gaban tarihi na farko 
Bayani da bincike: bayanan tarihi masu zuwa sun dogara ne akan tarihin tarihin da Sue van der Riet ta tsara a watan Nuwamba 2010. A matakin rubuce-rubucen tarihi, Sue tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu a ɗakin karatu na Jami'ar Rhodes.

A cikin 'yan shekaru bayan kafa Jami'ar Rhodes a 1904, an fara tarin ɗakin karatu. Yawancin tarin ɗakin karatu na farko ya kunshi kyauta, a cikin 1907, daga Ofishin Jakadancin H.M. na "wasu daruruwan manyan kundin quarto na The Anglo Saxon Chronicle, et hoe genus omne - sanannen 'Rolls Series'. Wannan ya biyo bayan gudummawa mai yawa daga Kwalejin Gill, a Somerset East, na kayan da ya tattara don shirya ɗalibai don jarrabawar tsohuwar Jami'ar Cape of Good Hope . 

Da farko an ajiye shi a cikin Drostdy, a cikin 1917 ɗakin karatu ya koma wani gini mai mahimmanci wanda Ma'aikatar Botany ta bar. Kodayake ba a dauki mahalli a matsayin wuri mai kyau don adana ɗakin karatu ba, ɗakin karatu ya ci gaba da zama a cikin ɗakin na shekaru 20 masu zuwa.

Ƙarshen Babban Mawuyacin ya ba jami'ar damar gina ɓangaren tsakiya na babban toshe, wanda aka ba da bene na sama (a ƙarƙashin hasumiyar agogo) ga ɗakin karatu, wanda ya koma cikin 1937. Jan Hofmeyer, Ministan Ilimi na lokacin, ne ya kafa dutsen tushe, kuma ya rubuta a cikin Latin mai kyau cewa Rhodes Trust ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga farashin ginin. " 

A shekara ta 1955, ɗakin karatu ya sake fuskantar ƙarancin sarari. Ba wai kawai tarin littattafai ya karu da yawan littattafai sama da 4,000 a kowace shekara ba, amma "rashin lafiya ga masu karatu ya tabbatar da rashin isa kuma shigar ɗalibai kamar an saita su don karuwa mai ɗorewa".

Majalisar Jami'ar ta ba da wannan matsala babbar fifiko, kuma saboda kyakkyawan kulawar Mataimakin Shugabanta na yanzu, Dokta Thomas Alty, kyakkyawan matsayin kudi na jami'ar ya ba ta damar kiran masu neman sabon ginin ɗakin karatu gaba ɗaya "a kan shirin da aka tsara don biyan bukatun da suka fi dacewa". Wannan yanke shawara kusan tabbas ya rinjayi yiwuwar sararin samaniya mai mahimmanci da ɗakin karatu zai saki da zarar ya tashi daga babban ginin saboda akwai "babban karancin aji da ɗakin karatu a duk jami'ar".

A ƙarshen Maris 1958, an gano wani shafin kuma an saya. Ya kasance a cikin zuciyar harabar, kewaye da mazauna da gine-ginen ilimi, "a baya ya kasance cikin Grahamstown Tennis Club, shafin da duk masu ruwa da tsaki suka amince da shi wajen tsarawa da gina ɗakin karatu a matsayin wanda ya dace don sabon manufarsa".

Yana iya ɗaukar tarin littattafai 100,000, amma tare da ɗakunan da za su iya ɗaukar wannan lambar sau biyu, ginin zai, idan ya cika zuwa iyawa, zai iya ɗora "watakila sama da rabin littattafai miliyan". Akwai wurin zama don masu karatu 360, tare da isasshen sarari don ƙara wannan zuwa 500. An bayyana shi a hukumance a ranar Asabar 8 ga Afrilu 1961 ta Lady Schonland, matar Shugaban Jami'ar, an dauke shi daya daga cikin mafi kyawun irin sa a Afirka. Tare da kayan aiki da kayan aiki, ya kai sama da R200,000.

 Gidajen karatu na bincike da ke da alaƙa 

 Gidan Tarihin Littattafan Afirka ta Kudu 
Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes ya ƙunshi tarin Thomas Pringle, wanda daga baya ya kafa Gidan Tarihin Littattafan Ingilishi na Kasa, wanda aka fi sani da NELM. An ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 1972 a kan jajircewar Farfesa Guy Butler, Karin de Jager  ya tuna cewa "an sanya sabon tarin Thomas Pringle a cikin sararin samaniya kawai a cikin ɗakin karatu na Rhodes - saboda dalilan da ba a sani ba da ake kira The Priest's Hole. Wannan ƙaramin ɗaki ne, koyaushe an kulle shi, yana kare ƙaramin tarin Rhodes na "littattafan da aka haramta". "Duk da sauri" in ji Malcolm Hacksley, "Tarin ya wuce gidansa na farko kuma ... ya koma daga Jami'ar Rhodes zuwa cikin ɗakinsa na yanzu a cikin "Gidan Firist" a titin Beaufort. " Don haka, a watan Afrilu na 1980, da kyau, NELM, ya tafi daga Hole na Firist zuwa Gidan Firist, amma ya riƙe alakarsa da Jami'ar Rodes ta hanyar zama Cibiyar Bincike ta Jami'ar.

 Laburaren Cory don Binciken Tarihi 
Sir George Cory, a cikin 1931, ya ba da gudummawar babban ɗakin karatu na sirri ga Majalisar Jami'ar Rhodes, yana buɗe tarin don amfani da al'ummar Rhodes. Wannan tarin, a wannan lokacin, an dauke shi mafi kyawun tarin kayan Afirka da suka shafi Gabashin Cape. Ƙarin gudummawar da aka karɓa, tare da ƙalubalen ginin jiki, ya haifar da Majalisar ta amince da yanke shawara don adana tarin Cory a cikin Eden Grove a matsayin wurin bincike daban. An kammala aikin ne a shekara ta 2000.

 Ci gaban bayan 2000 
Abubuwa daban-daban a cikin shekarun 1990 sun haifar da fahimtar cewa ginin ɗakin karatu na yanzu bai isa ba don magance bukatun al'ummar harabar da kuma tarin da ke ƙaruwa. Bayan shekaru biyu da rabi na bincike, shawarwari da tsarawa, Majalisar Jami'ar Rhodes ta amince da shirye-shiryen fadada ginin ɗakin karatu. An kiyasta cewa zai kashe R90 miliyan, Jami'ar Rhodes ta sami damar ware R50 miliyan na R80 miliyan sake ba da gudummawa ga Jami'ar ta Ma'aikatar Ilimi.

An ba da aikin ƙungiyar ci gaba tare da tara ragowar R40 miliyan kuma an fara babban shirin tara kuɗi. A ranar 22 ga watan Satumbar shekara ta 2008, an yi bikin da aka yi amfani da shi wajen juyawa na farko kuma ana ci gaba da ginin. A ranar Alhamis 4 ga Nuwamba 2010, Ministan Ilimi mafi girma, Dokta Blade Nzimande ne ya buɗe sabon kuma ya faɗaɗa ɗakin karatu na Jami'ar Rhodes.

 Ofisoshin karatu da haɗin gwiwa 
Gidajen karatu na reshe sun hada da:

 Laburaren Cory don Binciken Tarihi
 Allistair Kerr Law Library
 Laburaren sauti 
 Cibiyar Kula da Malamai 

Gidajen karatu na bincike masu alaƙa:

 Laburaren Kasa da Kasa na Kiɗa na Afirka
 Cibiyar Nazarin Biodiversity ta Afirka ta Kudu (SAIAB) 
 Gidan Tarihin Littattafan Ingilishi na Kasa (NELM) 

 Kasancewar membobin Cibiyar Nazarin Ilimi 
Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes wani bangare ne na SEALS Library Consortium . Mambobin ƙungiyar sune: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Library, Walter Sisulu University Library, Fort Hare University Library, da Rhodes University Library.SEALS. 2015. Member Libraries. SEALS Website. Tsarin Laburaren Ilimi na Kudu maso Gabas (a wasu lokuta ana kiransa da Kudancin Gabas Alliance of Library Systems), wanda aka fi sani da SEALS, an tsara shi a cikin 1996 a matsayin hadin gwiwar ɗakin karatu na yanki, kuma an kafa shi a cikin 1999 a matsayin ƙungiyar yanki, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kungiyar Ilimi ta Gabas ta Gabas (ECHEA) Clarke, P. 2013. Summary of automation history of the academic libraries in the Eastern Cape: 2000 - 2005. Manufar SEALS an tsara ta a cikin bayanin hangen nesa: Clarke, P. 2000. SEALS (South Eastern Academic Library System): proposal to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the funding of projects planned for implementation by SEALS. [Proposal document]. Port Elizabeth: Eastern Cape Higher Education Association. p. 6. "Halin SEALS shine ƙirƙirar ɗakin karatu na kama-da-kace ga Gabas don duk Cape don inganta ilimi, bincike na tattalin arziki.Allwright, M. 2003. Cost-benefit study of the SEALS Millennium Library System. Port Elizabeth: Eastern Cape Higher Education Association.

 Abubuwan da suka faru 

 8 Afrilu 1961: An buɗe ginin 'Sabon' Laburaren a hukumance; 
 9 Afrilu 1975: An sake dawo da tarin shari'a kuma an buɗe ɗakin karatu na shari'a a Lincoln Inn.Rezelman, Erica. 2010. Personal communication (with Sue van der Riet), 30 October.
 1990: An maye gurbin katunan katunan da URICA, tsarin sarrafa ɗakin karatu mai sarrafa kansa.[1]
 2005/6: Jami'ar Rhodes ta zama sabis na ɗakin karatu na farko a Afirka ta Kudu don ƙaddamar da ajiyar ma'aikata ta dijital, da farko ya kunshi mafi yawan takardu da rubutun; [1]
 4 Nuwamba 2010: Ministan Ilimi, Dokta Blade Nzimande ne ya buɗe sabon Ginin Laburaren a hukumance [1]
 24 ga Oktoba 2013: Jami'ar Rhodes ta hanyar kokarin Ayyukan Laburaren sun sanya hannu kan Sanarwar Berlin kan Bude Samun Ilimi a Kimiyya da Humanities; 
 2015: Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes ya zama ɗakin karatu na farko na Afirka ta Kudu, kuma, kodayake ba a tabbatar da shi ba, kuma na farko a Afirka, don samun ƙididdigar baya kuma ya samar da duk takardun da aka gabatar ga ma'aikatar don dalilai na digiri. Wannan tarin ya haɗa da wasu takardun da suka gabata kafin kaddamar da Jami'ar Rhodes a 1951. Tsohon rubutun da aka gudanar a halin yanzu a cikin ajiyar ma'aikata an rubuta shi ne a shekara ta 1928.Rhodes University Library Services. 2015. Annual Report 2014: Rhodes University Library Services. Grahamstown. [Rhodes University].
 2020: Laburaren Jami'ar Rhodes ya ƙaddamar da Rhodes Research Data - wurin adana bayanai na bincike da kuma bude albarkatun ilimi a Jami'ar Rodes.

 Masu kula da ɗakin karatu na jami'a 
Kafin kafa matsayi na Jami'ar Laburaren Jami'a ko Darakta: Ayyukan Laburaren, mutane da yawa sun yi aiki a matsayin masu kula da laburaren jami'a masu daraja, gami da: 

 Farfesa RJ Cholmeley

An kafa matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu na hukuma ne kawai bayan 1937: 

 1943 - 1977: F.G. van der Riet
 1978 - 1988: Gerald Quinn
 1989 - 1994: Brian Paterson
 1994 - 1995: Michael Berning (Aiki) 
 1996 - 2000: Felix Ubogo
 2001 - 2005: Margaret Kenyon (Da farko Aiki) 
 2006 - 2011: Gwenda Thomas
 2011 - 2012: Jeanne Berger (Aikin wasan kwaikwayo) 
 2012 - 2018: Ujala Satgoor
 2019 - 2019: Wynand van der Walt & Larshan Naicker (Acting) 
 2019 Yuli - yanzu: Nomawethu Danster

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

 Haɗin waje 

 SEALS Library Consortium
 CHELSA
 LIASA
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