Integration of Public Libraries and Community Health Centres in the Northern Cape into a Shared Point – Spending Review Report

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) promises some disruptive changes to business processes both in the public and in the private sector. Depending on whether or not we plan and prepare for it appropriately, it can close or even wide, the socioeconomic gaps in our society. Library services, as the enabler of a literate, informed and a participative society has a big role to play in this revolution. However, while the rest of big business is spending and investing in innovation that can ensure their sustainability in this era of no office buildings, government is building infrastructure that is often not optimally utilised.