Collections Specialists Network

Collections development work is undertaken by a network of collections specialists spread across Sri Lanka, including Upcountry, East, Mannar and Jaffna. These specialists undertake the work according to the collection development policy, with focus on special collections. Their work is compensated based on work completed and transferred. The work undertaken by Collections Specialists can include:

• Writing biography based on original research
• Writing biography based on secondary reference
• Writing an organizational profile based on original research
• Writing an organizational profile based on secondary reference
• Writing a magazine/newspaper article
• Writing a research article
• Creating research guides
• Oral history recording (personal histories)
• Oral history recordings (research topics)
• Own photography - 100 selected photographs
• Own videography - 1 hr selected recording
• Graphic work
• Event recording - per event
• Field research essay
• Source collection - 25 published works
• Source collection - 100 archival records
• Metadata creation (for archival records)
• Audio and video collections from online sources (with permission)
• Dataset development - 100 records per dataset
• Completed Short Documentary (20 - 40 mins)
• Completed In-Depth Documentary (1 - 2 hrs)
• Develop, organize and execute community event

Note that all original works created for Noolaham Foundation will be released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. The creator/author will be fully credited as per the license.