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#JaggerLibrarySalvage: Huge efforts to salvage UCT library material
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - As part of the #JaggerLibrarySalvage project, UCT and volunteers across the city, including high school learners, spent the weekend trying to retrieve valuable academic resources from the libraryâs basement.
Camps Bay High School spokesperson Carol van der Spuy said three of their matric learners, Cathrine Madzatunya, Alev Guven and Rulida Louw, spent the first day of their school holiday volunteering at UCTâs Jagger Library, where they assisted with the salvage efforts in the wake of the devastating fire on April 18.
UCTâs historic Jagger Library was home to the African Studies collection, started in 1953, as well as portions of many other collections: journals, ephemera, manuscripts, film and video, maps and rare antiquarian books.