Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

Fonds LK-NA/147 - National Book Development Council

Identity area

Reference code

LK LK-NA LK-NA/147

Title

National Book Development Council

Date(s)

  • 1976 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

File and Publications 10, Printed

Context area

Name of creator

National Book Development Council (1976)

Administrative 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.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Publications: Work Study in Book Production (1976)

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

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Finding aids

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

LK-NA/147

Institution identifier

LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAD(G)

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.

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