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| author | Lisa J Todd |
| title | The Impact of Regional Archival Development on Guyana's National Archives and its State Institutions |
| abstract | The establishment of the University College of the West Indies, the introduction of a course in West Indian history,
and the First Caribbean Archives Conference, which Jamaica hosted in 1965, generated closer attention to archival development in the region. This
dissertation examines the events that encouraged the professionalizing of archival practice in the region and explores how these groundbreaking
events promoted continued development of participants' archival institutions. This dissertation argues that while officials in Jamaica and Trinidad
and Tobago worked to develop their own archival institutions and to strengthen activities in the field, they were instrumental to the development of
archival practice among other English-speaking nations. Although, Guyana was a participant in and beneficiary of these early attempts at archival
development in the English-speaking Caribbean, a lack of resources now precludes the National Archives of Guyana (NAG) from influencing state institutions
in the conduct of their official record keeping and preservation responsibilities. Close investigation has determined that inadequacies in record keeping,
preservation, and storage of records in public institutions in Guyana and the failure to locate important institutional documents imperil the upholding of
acceptable standards of accountability. Hence, the benefits of archival development are no longer evident in the condition of Guyana's archival and record
keeping practices. |
| school | The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University |
| degree | D.Litt. (2017) |
| advisor | Dale Patterson |
| committee | Carol Wipf |
| full text | LJTodd.pdf - requires Drew uLogin |
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