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Records management plays a pivotal role in fostering efficient service delivery through preserving and facilitating access to valuable information. However, poor record management amongst local authorities has resulted to unsatisfactory service delivery. In order to address this problem, this...

The aim of this study was to establish the framework for digital archives administration in Zambia, focusing on the current practices, procedures and prospects. A case study design using concurrent mixed research methods was adopted for this study. Purposive, and simple random sampling techniques...

One of the challenges that the Lusaka District Education Board Secretary‟s (DEBS) office has been facing is misplacement of teachers‟ files. Teachers, who went for document verification and processing, complained of time wasting in the location and retrieval of their records. The time that a...

Weeding of print collections is an important component of collection development and management, yet it receives less attention than the selection of new materials in most libraries. As print collections continue to grow, many library collections are drowning in obsolete, unused, and unwanted...

The aim of this study was to assess researchers’ perception on access regulations in the usage of archival materials at the National Archives of Zambia. The objectives of the research were: to determine the educational levels of researchers that patronize National Archives of Zambia; to determine...

This study investigated the knowledge levels and practices of the records management staff at the Ministry of Education, Science Vocational Training and Early Education. Specifically, the research’s objectives were to assess the knowledge levels of the registry staff at MESTVESS; to assess the...

The aim of this study was to assess researcher’s perception on access regulations in the usage of archival materials at the National Archives of Zambia. The objectives of the research were: to determine the educational levels of researchers that patronize National Archives of Zambia; to determine...

Organizations in this digital age deal with a large number of papers in their day-to-day activities. Much of this paper is legal or confidential documentation, and it is a statutory requirement that they be preserved for a pre-specified number of years. Statutory or otherwise, paper documents...

The main aim of this chapter is to bring out the basic principles y of library legislation and to highlight some of the outstanding statements on public library legislation. It will further examine ' the strong and weak points of these statements in the light of the latest trends in the field. To...

This study is an attempt to demonstrate and illustrate the role of the National Archives of Zambia in contributing to knowledge and national development through promotion of research. It examines the development of the National Archives from 1935 to 2006 by analysing and highlighting its legal...