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]

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Role and facilities

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.[3][4]

National Librarian and Archivist

Mila Tulimanu, of the Ministry of Education and Culture[5], serves as National Librarian and Archivist.[2][3]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library
  2. ^ a b International Council on Archives
  3. ^ a b c "Tuvalu National Archives major project", British Library
  4. ^ "Report on PMB fieldwork in Tuvalu and Niue, Sep-Oct 2005", Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Newsletter, series 5, n°20, December 2005
  5. ^ Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives