Policies for the National Library of Pakistan: Implementation and Evaluation

Author(s) : Noor Mustafa Khan, Dr. Rafia A. Sheikh

Abstract:

National Library plays an important role in the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage. This is an evaluative research study of the National Library of Pakistan (NLP) regarding policies, related to Legal Depositary Law and Policy assessment. A questionnaire based survey from the thirty five Library and Information Science Experts was carried out and the response rate was 80.05%. The study’s findings and conclusions are as, legal depository law has not been implemented in Pakistan and publishers are non-cooperative to deposit their publications. The policy contents are weak and not valid to implement. The major changes are required to the policy of the National Library of Pakistan. The study recommended that the management of NLP is responsible to implement the policies, regarding legal deposit, acquisitions, bibliographic control and digitization. The policies must be revised by the experts of Library and Information Science in the light of International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Federation for Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) standards.