Abstract
The enactment and promulgation of the Legal Deposit Act (2002) provide the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) with the legal framework to execute its mandate to collect, promote, preserve and facilitate access to the nation's recorded documentary heritage. This paper highlights the provisions of the Act, especially as it relates to audiovisual and multimedia documents; the challenges encountered in rallying compliance with the Act; the initiatives taken and the suggestions that have been implemented to counter the non-compliance/no-confidence dichotomy. The paper also discusses the strategies that the NLJ has employed in anticipation of the increased inflow of audiovisual and multimedia materials as a result of its on-going public education campaign.
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