Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

National Book Development Council

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

National Book Development Council

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1976

History

The National Book Development Council of Sri Lanka was formed under the Ministry of Education by a decision made in May 1972, by transferring tile assets and tile personnel or the defunct National Book Trust.
The objects of the council were the development of the reading habit, promotion of writing and publication of Books and the coordinating of Book Development with the National Book Development Plan.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Control area

Description identifier

LK-NA/NBDC

Institution identifier

LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

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