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== Archives ==
== Archives ==
'''Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)'''<br>P.O. Box 3056<br>Castle Road<br>Accra<br>Email: [mailto:praad@4u.com.gh praad@4u.com.gh]<br>
Website: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=659 Public Records and Archives Administration Department]<br>
Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/PRAADsr/ National Archives Ghana Search Room at PRAAD]
:The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.
'''Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana'''<br>University of Cape Coast<br>Website: [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP474 Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana]
:This pilot project targets endangered archival collections in the Central administrative region of Ghana and will be undertaken in collaboration with the Central regional directorate of Ghana’s national archives - the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD).


== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
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