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Noolaham Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization (GA 2390) founded to provide enhanced access to information sources and foster knowledge-based development in Sri Lanka. It maintains an online digital library, facilitates information preservation programmes, provides financial assistance and technical guidance for digitization initiatives, and actively participates in awareness-raising campaigns. It also co-ordinates a range of fund-raising activities and collaborates with other organizations and individuals. The free Internet library [www.noolaham.org] and Archive [www.aavanaham.org] maintained by the Foundation serves as a learning centre incorporating local knowledge and enabling social interaction with a view to achieving constructive social outcomes. It functions as a repository for various institutions, and fulfils the information needs of students, researchers, historians, activists and the public. Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation engage with Noolaham Activities globally and establish Noolaham chapters in their respective countries to achieve the mission of the Foundation.

The Noolaham Foundation

• Mission, Objectives and Guiding Principles
  • Mission
  • Objectives
  • Guiding Principles
• Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
• Introduction, History, Chapters and Organization Structure
  • Introduction
  • History
  • Chapters
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reporting Flow
  • Internal Communications Flow

Governance, Policy and Strategy

• Governance Board
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Governance Board Committees
  • Membership Qualifications
  • Directors’ Duties
  • Board Composition
  • Board Roles
  • Election Process
  • Board Meetings
  • Board Assessment
  • Gray Board
  • Emeritus Board
  • Advisory Pool
• Policy, Procedures, Guides and Manuals
  • Policy Violations
  • Responding to Violations
  • The Steps of Discipline
• Volunteers
  • Volunteer Roles
  • Active Volunteers and Volunteer Alumni
  • Volunteer Contribution Recognition
  • Volunteer Outreach and Mobilization
• Strategic Management
• Sustainability
  • Organizational Sustainability
  • Resource Sustainability
  • Technological Sustainability
• Resource Mobilization and Sources of Funding
• Partnerships, Collaborations and Networking
• Annual Plan and Budget
• Policies
  • Noolaham Policy on Intellectual Property Rights
  • Policy on Gender Equality
  • Work Place Policy in HIV/AIDS of Noolaham Foundation
  • Official Language Policy

Organizational Management and Operations

• Management
  • Chief Operating Officer
• Operational Plan
• Office Management Procedures
• Operational & Governance Tracking
• Document Management System (Record Management)
  • Document Types

Program and Projects

• Program Focus Areas
  • Focus I: Documentation and Collection Development
  • Focus II: Digital Processing and Preservation
  • Focus III: Digital Library, Archive and Information Services
  • Focus IV: Building Communities of Practice
• Noolaham Foundation Services & Capabilities
  • Noolaham Digital Library (noolaham.org)
  • Aavanaham Multimedia Archive (aavanaham.org)
  • Open Data Sets
  • Institutional/Personal Repository Services
  • Virtual Reference Service
  • Research Support
  • Knowledge Mobilization Support
  • Research based Documentation
  • Multimedia Documentation
  • Oral History Recording
  • Web Archiving
  • Cataloging & Metadata Services
  • Digital Repository and Discovery Mechanisms
  • Digitization and Digital Conversion
  • Digital Preservation
  • Workshops and Events
  • Publications
• Collection Development
  • Collections Development Sub-Committee
  • Collections Development Policy
  • Collections Specialists Network
• Project Management
  • Project Life Cycle

Digital Library, Archive and Information Services

• Open Access Policy
• Digital Object
• Metadata Standards and Management
  • Descriptive Metadata
  • Technical Metadata
  • Administrative Metadata
  • Rights Metadata
• Rights Management
  • Noolaham Policy on Intellectual Property Rights
  • Access Criteria of Noolaham Foundation
• Digitization Selection Policy
• Digital Processing Selection Policy
• Physical Collections Policy
• Digital Discovery Services
• Reference, Research and Knowledge Mobilization Services

Digital Processing and Preservation

• Digital Preservation Workflow
• Digitization Standards
• Digitization Method Selection Policy
• Digital Preservation Standard
  • Storage and Geographic Location
  • File Fixity and Data Integrity
  • Information Security
  • Metadata
  • File Formats
• Multimedia Processing Workflow
• Data Backup Policy

Technology Infrastructure and Development

• Technology Roadmap
• Applications & Automation Scripts
  • Applications and Systems Backup & Restore Procedure
• Software Development Procedure
• Noolaham Foundation Lab

Finance, Human Resources and Administration

• Finance Manual
• Human Resources
  • Human Resources Manual
  • Human Resources Sub-Committee
• Administration

Advocacy, Communications and Public Relations

• Communications Manual
• Communications Strategic Plan

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