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  • Libraries in Papua New Guinea by Dr. John Evans
    [ this is a multipart HTML version of the content in Adobe Acrobat PDF version "Library Services in P.N.G." linked below] and is provided for ease of download }

  • Library planning articles - on 3rd world perspectivies
    79 page PDF file by John Evans - "...drafts of articles relating to library and information development -- other than papers relating to Papua New Guinea -- from a collection entitled Planning for library development:  third world perspectives" edited by John Evans and published by Dalhousie University, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, Canada
  • Library Services in Papua New Guinea
    80 page PDF file by John Evans - from a collection entitled Planning for library development:  third world perspectives" edited by John Evans and published by Dalhousie University, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, Canada
  • Libraries in Papua New Guinea
    88 page PDF file by John Evans - "...a draft of an article that later appeared in Encyclopedia of library and information science, Vol. 70 "
  • Records and Archives Management " Archives legislation and policy - ... passed through Parliament as the Libraries and Archives Act of 1993.  The legislation emphasizes the many points of contact felt by the National Library Service to exist between libraries and archives, and provides the necessary statutory powers for the operations of the National Library and National Archives. ..." - John Evans reviews the state of training, research and development resources in the area of records and archives management in Papua New Guinea.
  • National Library Service of Papua New Guinea Libraries of Asia Paicific (LAP) web reference / history and early development support by National Library of Australia in www.nla.gov.au/lap/libs/png.html
  • Draft Bibliography of Libraries and Librarianship in Papua New Guinea to 1996  Update compiled by Dr. John Evans, South Pacific Centre for Communications and Information In Development
    • Acrobat® PDF Version ( 35 page document with "bookmarks" - 138 k. download )
    • Standard HTML Version ( 148 k.)

    The main building blocks for this bibliography are the lists compiled by those dedicated workers, Leigh Baker and Alice Crossland, both of whom have long since left Papua New Guinea. A few earlier items from the New Guinea Collection at the University of Papua New Guinea&146;s Michael Somare Library have also been added. The resulting collection, which is rich in "grey literature", will be of service to those few who maintain an interest in libraries in Papua New Guinea. It will certainly be easier than using the previous dispersed sources.

  • see also National Library Service & National Archives of Papua New Guinea web sites:

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