Start Date : 17 Jul 2017

End Date : 18 Jul 2017

Time : 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Venue : State Records Repository

The Sarawak State Library will once again organize `1 File, 1 Week` campaign on July 17 – 18, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm that will take place at the State Records Repository.

This session will involve participation of Records Officers from 7 departments that has been approved to transfer records based on the State Records and Archives Retention Committee (SRARC) meeting.

The campaign will cover three (3) modules, Module 1: Introduction to the Management of Records and Archives that was held last April 17. Module 2: Practical in Records and Archives processing that will be held on July 17 and 18 and Module 3: Transfer of Records and Archives on July 18.

The campaign aims to create awareness among the government departments and agencies on the importance of proper management and maintenance of records and archives. In addition, the campaign is to encourage the transfer of systematic records and archives of government departments and agencies to the State Records Repository.

This campaign is in line with the functions of Sarawak State Library as a Sarawak State Depository which requires all government agencies to transfer their valuable records and archives to the Sarawak State Library as per stated in the Sarawak State Library Ordinance, 1999, Section 14(1)(d) : “to maintain, preserve and keep public records which are more than twenty- five years old, and other documents, papers, instruments and statues, statutory orders, regulations or decrees, directed by State Secretary to be maintained, pre-served and kept in the State Depository on account of their historical value or public importance”.

For more information about this campaign, please contact Dayangku Horiah Binti Awang Ghani or Ayu Lestari Binti Yahya at 082-440488 ext. 20/23 or email dayanghg@sarawak.gov.my / ayules@sarawak.gov.my (State Records Repository ).