International Archives Day
The International Archives Day 2012 in India
Regional archives longs for better facilities - Times of India
The International Archives Day (June 9) will be celebrated on Saturday with an objective to raise awareness about the importance of records and archives but the unit of regional archives of Varanasi is longing for better facilities to serve its purpose.
"We need proper facilities like own building, chemical laboratory and micro-filming unit for preservation of old records and documents," said Prabhakar Jauhari, regional archives officer. The regional archives at Varanasi was established in 1976. The holdings comprise records of commissioner's office, Varanasi and the Collectorate records of Jaunpur, Varanasi, Ballia and Ghazipur districts. The unit is a part of the UP state archives that functions under the department of culture.
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Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-09/varanasi/32139908_1_state-archives-regional-archives-record-rooms
Outreach Programme
During the International Archives Day celebrations in India, a presentation was made on the Archival awareness in the National symposium on challenges being faced by various State and Central Archives in India.
The celebration was organised by U.P. State Archives, Lucknow on 9 June 2012 wherein eight state Archives viz Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Odisha, Kerala, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh participated along with National Archives of India . Besides, the symposium a display of fascinating documents from these archives and from the National Archives of India was also arranged for the public.