Libraries Corner Market

For The Daily Mail & Guardian, Barry Streek writes…

\”A Western Cape development agency, Wesgro, has initiated a novel approach for providing would-be entrepreneurs with information on small enterprises by establishing \”business corners\” in local libraries. Chief economist, Wolfgang Thomas said, \’In the search for low-cost, sustainable models for the dissemination of information to entrepreneurs, libraries have come forward as an ideal institution, accessible to the public, equipped to store and disseminate information.\’ Ummm, isn\’t that what we do anyway? [more…]