REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE
NAMIBIA LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES SERVICE
Luther Street, Govt. Office Park, P/Bag 13186, WINDHOEK
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2 November 2015
File no: 9/9/1/2
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DOCUMENT
FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES
DOCUMENT TYPE
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES
NAMIBIA
OF NAMIBIA
1
Printed books
The National Library has the
primary responsibility for
collecting all printed books of
relevance to Namibia and
Namibian life and culture
2
Archives
manuscripts
3
Maps
4
*Grey Literature and The National Library has the The
National
Archives
primary responsibility for collects grey literature and
The
National
Archives
collects printed books when
they are extracted from
and/or related to an archival
collection
(its
content
research
have
been
researched from the primary
source
and The National Library will not The National Archives will
collect
archives
or be the sole collector of
manuscripts and will transfer archives and manuscripts
its small number of existing
collections to the National
Archives
The National Library will The
responsibility
for
collect maps only in the form collecting
sheet
maps,
of books of maps
whether
printed
or
manuscript, rests with the
National Archives
Pamphlets
collecting
all
printed pamphlets when they are
materials
relevant
to extracted from and/or related
Namibia, including grey to an archival collection
literature and pamphlets
5
Ephemera
The National Library collects The
National
Archives
ephemera
with
library collects ephemera of archival
significance, including series significance
of publications
6
Posters
The National Library collects The
National
Archives
posters
with
library collects posters of archival
significance, including series significance
of posters and books of
posters
*Grey Literature- The term grey literature refers to and includes: Reports; Conference
proceedings; Doctoral theses/dissertations. There are also many other forms of grey literature,
including: Newsletters, technical notes, working papers, white papers and patents.