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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.

Objectives

Please refer the Mission, Objectives and Guiding Principles page for the details of the Foundation's Guiding Principles.

Code of Conduct

Our Pledge Our Standards Enforcement Attribution

The Noolaham Foundation

Introduction History Noolaham Foundation and Chapters Organizational Structure Organogram 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 Advisory Pool Policies/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 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 Collections Development 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 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 & Public Relations

Communications Manual Communications Strategic Plan

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