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Comparison and Contrast of Information Agencies Organization of Information
Information Agencies.
Information agencies is an agencies that specialized on information work, collecting, storing,
procession, managing, preserving, creating and disseminating information to enable future
generation to gain enormous benefits and values for various means and purpose.
Types of Information Agencies.
The basic role of information agencies are as knowledge archival, preservation of cultural and
heritage and as a knowledge disseminator. In the same perspectives, Information Agencies will
act as knowledge retrievals for education and social interaction purposes. Information Agencies
are as follow:
Archives
Library Museum
Gallery
Figure 1 : List of Information Agencies
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Library
Name of the Library Library of Congress (LOC)
A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and
services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for
use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private
Definition individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of
books. The term can mean the collection, the building that houses
such a collection, or both.
The library’s mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its
constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and
Objective
creativity for the benefit of the American People.
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution,
is the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing
Role
unparalleled integrated resources.
147 million items, including Cataloged Books, Monographs and
serials, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical report, reports,
Collection audio materials, manuscripts, maps, microforms, pieces of sheet
music, visual materials – moving images, photographs, posters,
paints and drawings.
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Anyone: especially Academician, Politician, Government, Kids and
Users families, Librarians, Researcher, Teachers, Artist and senior citizens.
All forms of material are organize using Library Of Congress
Classification scheme. This scheme is a system for classifying books
and other materials, using for its notation both letters and numerals to
Standard of arrangement
allow for expansion: originally developed at the Library of Congress
for classifying its books and subsequently adopted by other libraries.
Ask a Librarian, Cataloging Services, Duplication Service Interlibrary
Loan, Library Standards, National Library Services for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped, Reader registration and those basic services
Services Offered
offered by the library.
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Archive
Name of Archive The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
United States of America
A place where public records or other historic documents are kept.
Usually, archives documents or records relating to the activities,
Definition business, dealings, story of a person and family, corporation,
association, community or nation.
The National Archives and Records Administration serves American
democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of the
Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn
from this documentary heritage. It ensure continuing access to the
Objective
essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the
actions of their government. NARA also facilitate historical
understanding of their national experience
As the nation’s record keeper, it is our role that all Americans will
understand the vital role records play in a democracy, and their own
Role
personal stake in the National Archives
Manages the records of millions of military veterans of the 20th
Collection
century as well as former civilian Federal employees. Record of
Government proclamations, orders, and regulations, and Presidential
and other public documents. The Presidential libraries house papers,
records, and other historical materials relating to all Presidents from
Herbert Hoover on, their families, and their administrations
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The Americans, Academicians, Government, Laws and Regulations
Users Practitioners, History Analyst, Auditors and etc..
Subject arrangement : Arrangement of files by categorical topics
and then by related subjects within each records.
Numerical Arrangement : arrange records that are normally
identified and referred to by number as bills of lading, requisitions,
purchase orders, etc.
Chronological Arrangement: arrange documents in date sequence
when the date is the primary means of reference.
Geographical Arrangement : arrangement by geographical
Standard of arrangement locations such as area, country, state, county, etc.
Organizational Arrangement: is used when the grouping of
documents by the name of the pertinent organization is of primary
importance in referencing records.
Alphabetical Arrangement: is used to file documents by name of
persons, companies, agencies, etc., in alphabetical order.
Case Filing: is the grouping of documents that pertain to a particular
person: place; or thing.
Ask a Librarian, Cataloging Services, Duplication Service Interlibrary
Loan, Library Standards, National Library Services for the Blind and
Services Offered
Physically Handicapped, Reader registration and those basic services
offered by the library.
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Museum
Name of Museum
Bank Negara Malaysia Money Museum
A non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society
and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires,
conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of
Definition
study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and
their environment.
It aims at providing the public with contemporary and multidisciplinary
information about money, banknotes and coins as well as economic
issues in line with the objectives and values of the Money Museum.
Objective . In this respect, the communication activities of the Money Museum
contribute to enhancing the public’s knowledge and understanding of
the BNM’s monetary and stability policies.
In supporting a learning-oriented knowledge society, Bank Negara
Malaysia Museum is aims to be a provider of cultural knowledge on
currency discipline. As result, it enhances the general public’s
acknowledgement of the BNM and helps define its position in society.
Role
With its mission as a representative of knowledge and culture, the
Money Museum links the BNM to the world of art, culture and
science.
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The museum dedicated to numismatics brings culture to life. The
museum explores art, history, science and much more to promote the
diverse nature of money and relate The museum collection consists
of over 25,000 objects encompassing the history of numismatics from
Collection
the earliest invention of money to modern day. The objects include
paper money, coins, tokens, medals, exonumia, and traditional
money from all over the world items.
Academician, Senior Citizen, Numismatic Experts, Researchers and
Users etc.
All valuable collection will be exhibits in a room with environmentally
sound and secure space. Collections were arranged and displayed
Standard of arrangement according to their region of origin, and catalogs were made of several
collections. Some collections are arranged chronologically by culture,
focusing on the religious practices of each age.
Kidz Corner, online quizzes, Q&A Session, Video Show, Museum
Services Offered Shop, Interactive Multimedia and Guide with tour facilities.
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Gallery
Name of Gallery National Art Gallery of Singapore
A room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition
Definition
of art, usually visual art.
 To be a centre of excellence in Asian art in the region,
providing an intellectual cultural framework on which
international discourse and fresh understandings of our
unique visual art heritage can take place.
 To restore, preserve, document and research the National
Visual Art Permanent Collection and the historical of national
Objective arts.
 To promote and improve the quality of national visual arts by
organizing exhibitions, seminars, workshops, competitions
and arts activities in local and international aspects.
 To create awareness, understanding, appreciation and
respect towards arts
To collect, restore, preserve, exhibit, promote and nurture awareness,
Role understanding and appreciation of art for all community.
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Singapore’s National Art Collection numbers approximately 8,000
pieces, two thirds of which are Southeast Asian and Singaporean
works spanning the 19th and 20th century and Singapore art with its
unparalleled holdings of works by major Singaporean artists. The
Collection
collection also includes significant pieces from Southeast Asian artists
of international standing and also crafts, pottery, sculpture and wood
art are being displayed.
Target user is for those who cares and know the value of arts,
Users painting and modern art, especially local artist and art students.
Most of the painting will be framed and will be arranged in
chronological order of event, such as independent day, the world and
different cultures and etc. Somehow, collections will be displayed
Standard of arrangement
based on special theme, such as A Centennial Celebration Collection,
every month.
Tour, Publication, Gallery Trails, Games and Online Exhibition
Services Offered Panoramas.
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Conclusion
Information agencies play a fundamental role in our society. They are the collectors and
stewards of our heritage and knowledge needs; they are also organizers of the knowledge,
history and learning process. Information Agencies take the knowledge of the past and present,
and lay it down for the future used.
Information Agencies face real challenges in coping with the transition to the digital age. To
avoid becoming the dinosaurs of the future, they have to adapt, to attract new and young users,
and to develop new business models. This implies deep changes in the organizations, in the
skills and sometimes in attitude. Information Agencies also have a unique role to play in
disseminating knowledge about their collections.
Those agencies developed in performance with their local and national history. Political,
economic and social circumstances create, shape and develop the importance of Information
Agencies. Among those agencies we can find diversity and difference. The most modern and
well-equipped library is not necessarily the most developed in the art of stimulating popular
participation and democracy. Good examples can be found all over the world.
All information agencies were set up with their own roles and objectives, background and
standard of arrangements, but among those agencies, they were bounded with the same
mission and attention in nurturing knowledgeable society and promotes long life learning.
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