Exploring the institutional memory collection of government official libraries in Nepal
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2023-01
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Central Department of Library and Information Science
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This thesis entitled "Exploring the Institutional Memory Collection of Government
Official Libraries in Nepal'' has explored the present status of institutional memories
in government offices, and studied the management of those institutional collections.
This study focused on the internal information of government office libraries which
included records, reports, journals etc. Those institutions have their own memories,
preserved their collections as an institutional memory. To provide the knowledge in
their related field the three government office libraries National Planning
Commission, Civil Aviation Authority Nepal, and Policy Research Institute are
collecting three different types of documents as institutional memories in each
library. They are manual, reports guidelines, and annual plans, for example, multi dimensional poverty index, National Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines, Peaceful
Just and Inclusive Societies: A SDG 16 plus Report, Aviation safety report, wildlife
hazard report, flight operation manual etc. Such memories are collected to enhance
the development of the institutions. These government office mostly preserved and
organized institutional memory in digital format as well as in physical form. The
physical copies were only forms being preserved as institutional memories, now the
digital forms has also came into existence. Both forms has assisted librarian
organizing institutional memory. It is observed that government offices are goods at
the collection and creation of institutional memory but there should be the sufficient
funds for allocating the resources for preservation and collection of it. In order to
utilize those tools and machines as well as for arrangement of the institutional
knowledge at least two number of library staff should be hired in library. All three
libraries have only one library staff was available, so, those libraries are facing
difficulties for managing institutional memories.The role of institutional memory in
strengthening the government institution can never be underestimated. If such
memory is managed in an efficient manner, it could fulfill official information needs
and it would also connect to their predecessors that would assist to have better
understanding about the background of their jobs. However, such vital resources
have not been emphasized in practice.
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Sharma, Pragati (2023).Exploring the institutional memory collection of government official libraries in Nepal [Masters thesis, Tribhuvan University ].TUCDLIS e-library. https://e-library tucdlis.edu.np /