What is it about?

This is a view point article on managing records in library and information service institutions.

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Why is it important?

The article is unique since it critically looks at this genre of literature in library and information service institutions and the neglect staff have placed on it in their respective institutions in spite of its importance.

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The article deals with primary records as they provide first hand information to users. The article traces the development of primary records from the cradle of civilization and the transformation that has taken place in improving recorded matter. It deals with the different categories of primary records, the views of other authors about primary records, their usefulness and challenges staff managing primary records are faced with.

Mr John Abdul Kargbo
Fourah Bay College

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This page is a summary of: Primary records: what future?, Library Review, February 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/lr-08-2015-0082.
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