|Challenges |Progress | |Scarce skills |Continuous training both | | |internally and externally | |Organisational structure |The Library submitted a proposal| | |to the Department of Arts and | | |Culture and advertised the new | | |and vacant positions. The | | |filling of the positions would | | |be phased in. | |Building constraints |Made a proposal to the National | | |Department of Public Works and | | |was awaiting a response | |Connectivity |The Library for the Blind | | |introduced downloading services.| |National funding priority |The Library for the Blind had | | |made proposals to the Provincial| | |Library Services | |Expensive and imported technology|The Library for the Blind had | | |made proposals to Vision | | |Australia and negotiated more | | |competitive rates with their | | |suppliers | |Target market expansions |The Library for the Blind | | |developed a more comprehensive | | |membership strategy | |Copyright and access to reading |The Library for the Blind is a | |material |member of most major National | | |and International initiatives | |Onerous legal compliance |Liaison with the Auditor - | |requirements |General and the Department of | | |Arts and Culture |