2022, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Part A

Records is one of the primary source of information. Records are a basic tool of administration. They are the means by which many operational processes and functions are performed. They include all recorded information created or received by an organization in the course of performing its business.

Information gathered from libraries show that the archives and records are the least regarded and consulted files and books in the library. The reason being that, such collections are regarded as old and out dated. They are kept in places that are visible to users and are not given much needed care. They are treated as waste and unnecessary information.

Archive has serious consequences for administrative accountability, citizen rights, collective memory, and historical knowledge, all of which are shaped –tacitly, subtly, sometimes unconsciously, yet profoundly – by the naturalized, largely invisible, and rarely questioned power of archives.