The Dessinian Collection

is the most important 18

The National Library of South Africa,

Pretoria Division, collects foreign official publications, for example,

the Smithsonian Collection, which contains official publications of the

United States of America.

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During the 13th to 15^th

Centuries,

new ideas were generated based on the classical writings returned from the

East, and the Renaissance or “rebirth of learning” therefore flourished

during this period.

The National Library

of South Africa, Pretoria Division, conserves publications in their original

form and has a laboratory specially fitted for the purpose of restoration.

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The National Library of South Africa, Cape

Town division, is responsible for compiling the South African National

Bibliography (SANB).

ln terms of the

Legal Deposit Act 54 of 1997, all publishers are not obliged to send a

prescribed number of copies (no more than five) of everything they publish

in South Africa to each of the following libraries: the National Library,

Cape Town Division; the National Library, Pretoria Division; the Natal

Society Library in Pietermaritzburg; City Library Services, Bloemfontein

(Mangaung); and the Library of Parliament in Cape Town

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