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Public programming of public archives in the East and Southern Africa regional branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA): towards an inclusive and integrated framework

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dc.contributor.advisor Ngulube, Patrick.
dc.contributor.author Saurombe, Nampombe Pearson
dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-07T13:01:34Z
dc.date.available 2016-04-07T13:01:34Z
dc.date.issued 2016-02
dc.identifier.citation Saurombe, Nampombe Pearson (2016) Public programming of public archives in the East and Southern Africa regional branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA):, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20084> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20084
dc.description.abstract Public programming initiatives are considered as an integral part of archival operations because they support greater use of archival records. This study investigated public programming practises in the ESARBICA region. The findings of the study were determined after applying methodological triangulation, within a quantitative research context. This included the use of self-administered questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and the analysis of documents and websites. Participants in this study were ESARBICA board members, Directors of the National Archives and archivists from the ESARBICA region. Nine (69.2%) national directors representing different member states completed the questionnaire and eight archivists from the same region were interviewed. Furthermore, three ESARBICA board members were also interviwed. Legislation and country reports from ESARBICA member states were reviewed, together with websites of institutions within the ESARBICA region that offered archival education and training. Findings of the study indicated that public programming initiatives were not a priority. Reasons for this included lack of public programming policies, budgetary constraints, shortage of staff and lack of transport. Furthermore, the national archives were reluctant to rope in technology to promote their archives. Collaboration efforts with regard to promoting archives were shallow. Moreover, the investigation of user needs was restricted to existing users of the archives. In addition to all this, the archivists felt that they needed to improve their public programming skills. The study therefore suggests that the national archives of ESARBICA should focus on: legislation, public programming policies, advocacy, users, partnerships and skills. Taking these factors into consideration, an inclusive and integrated public programming framework was developed and proposed as a possible measure for improving public programming efforts in the ESARBICA region. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xix, 385 leaves)
dc.subject Access to Archives en
dc.subject Archives en
dc.subject Archival legislation en
dc.subject Archivists skills en
dc.subject Archives and social media en
dc.subject Botswana en
dc.subject ESARBICA en
dc.subject Kenya en
dc.subject Malawi en
dc.subject Mozambique en
dc.subject Namibia en
dc.subject National Archives en
dc.subject Outreach en
dc.subject Public programming en
dc.subject South Africa en
dc.subject Swazland en
dc.subject Tanzania en
dc.subject Uganda en
dc.subject Zambia en
dc.subject Zanzibar en
dc.subject Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.ddc 020.968
dc.subject.lcsh Archives -- Administration
dc.subject.lcsh Archives -- Data processing
dc.subject.lcsh Archives -- Law and legislation
dc.subject.lcsh ESARBICA
dc.subject.lcsh Archives -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses
dc.subject.lcsh Archives -- Africa, Eastern -- Congresses
dc.title Public programming of public archives in the East and Southern Africa regional branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA): towards an inclusive and integrated framework en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Information Science en
dc.description.degree D. Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)


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