@article{14395,
  author = {Peter Ralph Coates},
  title = {Was the South African Library an Athenaeum?},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library},
  volume = {66},
  pages = {11-23},
  note = {Argues that although commonly considered a public library, the South African Library was originally conceived of as an Athenaeum.  The building housing the library included reading rooms, a laboratory, and hosted lectures for the general advancement of knowledge.  Traces the evolving role of the library through the 19th and early 20th centuries.},
  language = {English},
}