TY - JOUR
AU - Peter Ralph Coates
BT - Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library
IS - 4
LA - English
N1 - 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.
PY - 2012
SP - 11
EP - 23
T2 - Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library
TI - Was the South African Library an Athenaeum?
VL - 66
ER -