{"id":931,"date":"2024-09-08T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/?page_id=931"},"modified":"2024-10-13T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T15:45:57","slug":"library-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/index.php\/library-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Library Services&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mission:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">To provide a quiet, peaceful and safe working environment for the CLRC staff and other researchers to read, learn, and conduct research work.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">To collect and store both updated legal and Non-legal information relevant to the work of the commission and its staff and to have that information readily available to the users in a timely and efficient manner.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Objective<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to attain the above mission and purpose, Library services will pursue the following objectives: Information Registration, Cataloguing and shelving.\u00a0The CLRC library keeps more than 5,000 materials in both hard copies and soft copies. 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