Pustaka Negeri Sarawak has signed into partnership with various organizations on 14th December 2020 on several joint activities and key collaboration projects.
A Memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed between Pustaka Negeri Sarawak and Land and Survey Department Sarawak.
The MoA between Pustaka and Land and Survey Department highlights the department’s responsibility in providing the digital copy of Land and Survey Department records quarterly to State Records Repository for microfilming purposes.
The MoA also highlights on knowledge sharing about geospatial information as well as the appointment of Pegawai Rekod Jabatan (PRJ) and Pegawai Seranta.
On the other hand, Pustaka is in charge of conducting preservation and conservation of the transferred records by Land and Survey Department to the State Records Repository.
Pustaka is also in charge of informing the department about any request of accessing their records by members of the public or researchers, producing microfilm for the digital copy records as preservation copy, provide advisory service on records and archive management as well as on knowledge sharing on records and archive management.
Apart from that, Pustaka has also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the library cooperation library cooperation between and the Association of Research and Development Movement of Singai Sarawak (REDEEMS) and University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS).
The MoU with REDEEMS contains the agreement between REDEEMS and Pustaka to collaborate on establishing a community library at REDEEMS Centre to cater information needs of the communities surrounding the centre.
In the MoU, REDEEMS agreed to provide a physical space for the library while Pustaka agrees to operates its services.
The one-off setup cost is expected to be RM292,250 with the recurring cost to be approximately RM98, 300 per year.
REDEEMS is a community-based organization for 12 villages in Singai area of the Bau district. The centre is located at Jalan Apar-Segong in Bau.
The MoU with UCTS contains several items; acquisition of library materials, information retrieved services, inter library loan and documentary delivery services, digitalization, training, usage of library lobby for exhibit of School of Built Environment’s (SBE) projects, usage of library archive and dedicated rooms at libraries as remote resources centre for UCTS.
