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Srinagar: Principal Secretary Culture, Suresh Kumar Gupta on Friday visited SPS Library M A Road, here and took stock of facilities being extended to the visitors there especially the aspiring student fraternity. He was accompanied by Director, Archives, Archaeology & Museums, J&K and other officers of the department. Director, Libraries and Research, Mohammad Rafi, briefed the Principal Secretary about the functioning

Have you ever sat down for a meal—maybe a holiday meal and had something you loved—maybe, pumpkin pie— but wondered how put the right ingredients together, threw them in the oven, and made something delicious? If anyone knows where to find the answer, it's Juli McCloone, curator of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the University of Michigan Library. Juli joins "creative:impact" host Deb Polich to talk about the history of food.

Indonesian resources from the Dutch period History, Politics and Government There is a very large body of materials which provide source for study in these fields for this period of Indonesias history. A great deal of this is in printed form, much has been acquired in microfilm in the last years. The NLA holds materials for the earliest periods of Dutch contact with the Indonesian Archipelago, reports of early governors such as the equivalent of our gazette, Staatsblad van Nederlandsch Indie 1...

News Author: Daniel Bugan Published: 11/05/2021 ​​A unique collection recently launched by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Library sheds new light on how resolving the South African foreign debt crisis of 1985–1986 paved the way for Nelson Mandelas release and the transition to democracy. It was donated to SU by Sir Claude Hankes (formerly Hankes-Drielsma) and was officially launched on Friday (7 May 2021). Ms Ellen Tise, senior director of SUs Library and Information Service, says the U...

The South African Debt Crisis 1985/6 collection donated to Stellenbosch University’s library, records how the crisis was averted and includes details on the country’s transition to democracy, including that UK prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, gave former president PW Botha an ultimatum to stand down from his presidency.   The historical collection includes administrative correspondence between banks, detailed lists of banks contacted and debt amounts, press cuttings, as well as a letter...

South Africa’s 1980s debt crisis and the path to democracy – details of secret negotiations revealed Rebecca Pitt The South African Debt Crisis 1985/6 collection donated to Stellenbosch University’s library, records how the crisis was averted and includes details on the country’s transition to democracy, including that UK prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, gave former president PW Botha an ultimatum to stand down from his presidency.   The historical collection include...