National Archives of Zambia

The National Archives of Zambia preserve the archives of the Republic of Zambia and maintain its legal deposit library.[1] The library holds 70,000 volumes.[2][nb 1] Its headquarters are located in Ridgeway in the city of Lusaka.

Notes

  1. ↑ According to the United Nations, as of 2010 approximately 83 percent of adult Zambians are literate.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Archives of Zambia
  2. ↑ Zambia - Libraries and museums
  3. ↑ "Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years (both sexes, female, male)". UIS.Stat. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

See also

Bibliography

  • P.M. Mukula (1988), "Role of the National Archives" (PDF), National Seminar on National Information Policy for Zambia, Paris: Unesco
  • Herbert Kopa Nyendwa (1989). "National Legal Deposit Library of Zambia". In Allen Kent. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. 44. New York: Marcel Dekker. (Part of the National Archives)
  • K. Kashweka (2008). "Archival legislation and the management of public records in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the National Archives Act of Zambia". Zambia Library Association Journal. 23. ISSN 0049-853X.
  • C Hamooya, B Njobvu (2010). "Digitization of archival materials: The case of national archives of Zambia". ESARBICA Journal. Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives. 29. doi:10.4314/esarjo.v29i1.64299. ISSN 0376-4753.
  • C Hamooya, F Mulauzi, B Njobvu (2011). "Archival legislation and the management of public sector Records in Zambia: a critical review". Journal of the South African Society of Archivists. 44 – via African Journals OnLine.
  • Miles Larmer; Marja Hinfelaar (2012), Historians as Archivists in Post-colonial Zambia . Abstract. Paper presented at conference in Senegal "Archives of Post-Independence Africa and its Diaspora" (Includes information on National Archives)
  • http://www.nationalarchiveszambia.org/
  • "50 Years of Zambian Heroes: A Virtual Exhibit from the National Archives of Zambia". 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.

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