Tuvalu National Library and Archives
The Tuvalu National Library and Archives (TNLA) is the national library of Tuvalu. It is located in Funafuti.[1] [2]
Role and facilties
The TNLA holds "vital documentation on the cultural, social and political heritage of Tuvalu", including surviving records from the colonial administration, as well as Tuvalu government archives.[3]
The Library's archives have been described as "comparatively well housed" but "endangered [...] through frequent and heavy use and [...] through risk of being washed away in a cyclone-prone area. Environmental and handling damage is occurring to key customary records". This has resulted in a project to microfilm and digitally copy the archives.[4] [5]
=National Librarian and Archvist
Mila Tulimanu, of the Ministry of Education and Culture[6], serves as National Librarian and Archivist.[7] [8]
External link
- Image of the National Library building, on the British Library website
References
- ^ "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library
- ^ International Council on Archives
- ^ "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library
- ^ "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library
- ^ "Report on PMB fieldwork in Tuvalu and Niue, Sep-Oct 2005", Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Newsletter, series 5, n°20, December 2005
- ^ Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives
- ^ International Council on Archives
- ^ "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library