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– in house exhibition launchedThis year the annual Archives Week is being celebrated under the theme “Preservation and disaster preparedness for the protection of Cultural heritage and government records” and runs for the period October 25 to October 29.At the Walter Rodney Archives located on Homestretch Avenue an assortment of rare archival records that reflected the richness of Guyanese documentary heritage was on display. This exhibition was open to the members of the public.The mandate of the National Archives is to ‘promote the national advancement by ensuring that Government officials and the general public are kept constantly supplied with information’; therefore,Greg Lloyd Steelers Jersey, the need exists to create programmes and outreaches that sensitize record creators and managers about the role of the National Archives and its general usefulness to society.This year the observance aims to sensitize record creators and managers to the need to make preparations for safeguarding the nation’s memory in event of natural disasters. It also caters for the need to practice preservation techniques to improve the quality of records which are deposited at the National Archives.Other activities planned for this week are presentations on disaster management and role and functions of the National Archives,Mark Sanchez USC Jersey, Basic Records Management Practices,Michael Jordan White Sox Throwback Jersey, Basic Disaster Preparedness Techniques and Basic Preservation techniques of archival records.A lecture will also be held today at 10:00 hrs,cheap nfl jerseys china, which is open to the public and for secondary school children particularly.It will be centered on the topic ‘Archival Research and Cultural Heritage’. Every year this activity,Charley Taylor Redskins Jersey, which is a collaborative effort between the National Archives of Guyana and the Ministry of Culture,Adidas Dante Fabbro Jersey, Youth and Sport,Andrei Markov Canadiens Jersey, is done with the hope of sparking an interest among the students in research and possibly pursuing history as a vocation in the future. |
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