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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Malta to have a national librarian

Malta will soon have a national librarian who will be responsible to ensure that priceless books, documents and manuscripts are collected and maintained for posterity. The lack of leadership had meant that Malta's national and public libraries did not have a direction and valuable manuscripts were being allowed to rot. Speaking during the launch of a new restoration machine, Education Minister Dolores Cristina said a call for applications would soon be issued for the post of national librarian after the awaited Malta Libraries Act was published a few weeks ago. She added that she was currently working on the appointments to the Libraries' Council that will work to promote libraries and facilitate collaboration between different stakeholders. The council, which will serve for three years, will be made up of a chairman, national archivist, the head of the university's archives studies, director of local council departments and another three members - Times of Malta

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