Open Access Initiatives of the National Archives of Bangladesh (NAB)
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2016-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
The National Archives of Bangladesh (NAB) evolved to ensure official custody and physical safety of
the archival resources mainly government records of the country. With regard torelease their resources
on an open access environment, NAB has initiated a digitization programme. Though the
initiative is praiseworthy, the facilities are yet inadequate to make the project sustainable. The main
focus of this paper is to overview different aspects of NAB’s Open Access programme where it used
secondary and primary data. The study identified the shortcomings and put forwarded some recommendations,
with special preference to a proposed model of Archives Literacy, which eventually will
ensure effective completion of the programme.
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10th Convention PLANNER-2016, North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, Meghalaya, November 09-11, 2016
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Digital Preservation, Digital Archives, Open Access, Digital Information, National Archives, Bangladesh