Margaret Smith Library, SA Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
The library grew from a diverse collection of printed material: books; reprints; journals; maps; antiquarian works, and a large collection of unpublished ‘grey literature’, put together by Margaret and JLB Smith in the years following WWII. These resources supported their own research on the marine fishes of southern Africa, and formed the nucleus of a library for the then Department of Ichthyology at Rhodes University.
Now housed at SAIAB, the library continues to be a valuable national and international resource for the study of both marine and freshwater fishes, fisheries, and aquaculture. There is a strong focus on Africa.
As a shared resource with Rhodes University, our main users are the current Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, as well as students from other science departments at Rhodes University. We are also open to visitors worldwide from similar university departments and ichthyology and fisheries institutes.
Contact Information:
Sally Schramm
s.schramm@saiab.ac.za
Senior Librarian
046-603 5802
Maditaba Meltaf
m.meltaf@saiab.ac.za
Assistant Librarian
046-603 5838
Holdings
- Books
- Periodicals
- Reprint Collection
- Videos
- Archive Collection
- Online facilities
Hours of opening
Monday - Friday:
08h00 -13h00; 14h00-17h00
Weekends and public holidays: Closed
Vacations: As above
Location:
Lower Ground Floor
SAIAB Building
Somerset St.
Margaret Smith Library subject guide
http://ru.za.libguides.com/saiablibrary
Link here to the library brochure
SAIAB website
http://www.saiab.ac.za
Ichthyology and Fisheries Science Department
http://www.ru.ac.za/ichthyology/
