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Environmental Monitoring and Control at National Archives and Libraries in Eastern and Southern Africa

Published/Copyright: January 7, 2008
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From the journal Volume 55 Issue 2-3

When national archivists and national librarians select and acquire materials, they should ensure that the materials are accessible over time. All their efforts may come to naught if the documentary materials were lost as result of being exposed to extreme environmental conditions. Environmental control and monitoring are keys to preventive preservation strategies in the management of collections in libraries and archives.

Libraries and archives may fail to provide access to their holdings over time if they do not take preventive measures to protect their holdings into the future. The current study investigated environmental management at national archival institutions and national libraries in eastern and southern Africa. The results revealed that little attention was being paid to environmental control and monitoring as a collection management strategy.

Dr Patrick Ngulube, Senior Lecturer. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PMB), School of Human and Social Studies, Department of Information Studies, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. E-mail:
Received: 2005-11-21
Received: 2005-01-18
Accepted: 2005-08-03
Published Online: 2008-01-07
Published in Print: 2005-October-10

© 2005 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2005.154

Articles in the same Issue

  1. On the Methods by which we Acquire Information, and the Effectiveness of Libraries in Supporting these Behaviors
  2. Libraries and the Communicative Citizen in the Twenty-first Century
  3. Indigenous Australians and the ‘digital divide’
  4. Usability Assessment of Academic Digital Libraries: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Satisfaction, and Learnability
  5. Curricular Design and Labour Market Demand: Comparing Three Carlos III University of Madrid Curricula
  6. Library Funding in Pakistan: A Survey
  7. Use of School Libraries by Teachers: the Case of Oman
  8. Co-Operation among Caribbean Theological Libraries: A Case Study
  9. Environmental Monitoring and Control at National Archives and Libraries in Eastern and Southern Africa
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