VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
- VISION
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- To develop the Seychelles National Library as one of the country’s main information centre.
MISSION
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- Provide public library services for educational, informational and recreational needs
- of all individuals, thus leading to a cultured nation.
- Provide national library services for the preservation and bibliographic control of the
- Country's literature, for posterity and for the standardization and development of
- library services in general.
OBJECTIVES
- Acquire, maintain and make available resources covering all fields of knowledge to all.
- Acquire, maintain and preserve a comprehensive collection of the national literary output and to provide access to information for all.
- Provide lending, reference, referral, information technology and reprographic services.
- Provide an adequate and conducive environment for reading, study and reference purposes.
- Provide equal access to library resources and services to all groups within the community.
- Promote and encourage the use of the library and its resources.
- Encourage and support the involvement of the community in library development.
- Develop standards for library services.
- Act as a national bibliographic centre and to maintain the national bibliography and other bibliographies as appropriate.
- Initiate and promote cooperation between the National Library and other libraries both locally and internationally.
- Provide leadership and participate in the planning and development of libraries in Seychelles.
- Provide the means for the professional development of staff.
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