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Librarians in Papua New Guinea aim to improve literacy rates and education standards in the country. They recognize that they can play a role beyond just technical support by helping create a more informed nation. At a recent meeting of 55 librarians and information professionals, they discussed strengthening cooperation among services to improve library resources. This meeting also revived their national professional association, the Papua New Guinea Library and Information Association, which aims to advocate for better information sharing, support, and raising professional standards across the country.

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Librarians in Papua New Guinea aim to improve literacy rates and education standards in the country. They recognize that they can play a role beyond just technical support by helping create a more informed nation. At a recent meeting of 55 librarians and information professionals, they discussed strengthening cooperation among services to improve library resources. This meeting also revived their national professional association, the Papua New Guinea Library and Information Association, which aims to advocate for better information sharing, support, and raising professional standards across the country.

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Librarians aim to improve literacy


MORE and more people are realizing the need to do something about the culture of reading and
libraries as part of improving the country's literacy rate and standard of education.
Among these people are the library and information professionals. While they had been purely
technical support personnel, they have now realized that they have a part to play in helping to change
this country to become a more informed nation.
Last week, 55 of these people - the library and information professionals - from 30 private institutions
in the country met at the University of Papua New Guinea to see what they could do.
They said the meeting aimed at strengthening networking and co-operation among library and
information service was one of the starting points towards moves to improve library services in the
country.
It has also resulted in the reviving of the Papua New Guinea Library and Information Association
(PNGLIA). The meeting was jointly organized by the So mare Library at the University of Papua New
Guinea and Papua New Guinea National Library.
The PNGLIA aims to be the voice of the librarians and information service providers. The association
will advocate improved information resource sharing, technical support and advise librarians and
information specialists in the country,'' a statement from the newly formed association said.
A new executive of the PNGLIA was elected into office which comprised of Grace Hiris Birney as
president; Ita Kemba (vice president); Tema Tumu (secretary); Ivosa Banduru (treasurer); Chris Meti
(publications manager); Raphael Topagur (team leader Highlands) and David Lloyd (team leader
Momase). Mr Llyod was appointed adviser to the executive.
Team leaders for the New Guinea Islands and Southern Regions are yet to be appointed.
Apart from the election of the new office bearers of PNGLIA, the meeting had also formulated an
action plan to guide the activities of the association.
Team leaders were appointed for each region to be responsible for promoting the work of the
association in their regions. Committees were also established and each was delegated a specific task
to achieve one of the objectives of the constitution of the association.
While thanking the group for her election, Mrs Birney said the PNGLIA aimed to represent the
interest of its members to create awareness on the significance of the library and information
profession in PNG, address issu-es of concern to improve and raise professional standards, link its
members to local and international professional asso-ciations, work cooperatively with relevant
institutions/organisations and to initiate, plan, co-ordinate and implement activities of the association.
She said she saw PNGLIA playing a major role to ensure not only the promotion of reading for a
literate community but also the sustainability of the literacy rate.
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