Digital preservation: International actions

The issues around preserving digital assets are being recognised worldwide. Below are links to some of the major projects.

UK: The Digital Preservation Coalition: The DPC is a partnership of major information organisations in the UK, including the British Library, the Public Record Office, University Research Libraries, and many other similar organisations.

UK: the CEDARS project: An electronic libraries project that has been broadly investigating issues around digital preservation.

USA: The Digital Library Federation: Good links and information on this topic, from this USA organisation.
USA: the Research Libraries Group (RLG): Report: Digital preservation needs and requirements in RLG member institutions.

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The issues around preserving digital assets are being recognised worldwide. Below are links to some of the major projects. UK: The Digital Preservation Coalition The DPC is a partnership of major information organisations in the UK, including the British Library, the Public Record Office, University Research Libraries, and many other similar organisations. UK: the CEDARS project An electronic libraries project that has been broadly investigating issues around digital preservation. USA: The Digital Library Federation Good links and information on this topic, from this USA organisation. USA: the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Report: Digital preservation needs and requirements in RLG member institutions. Australia: PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) From the National Library of Australia. Subject gateway with excellent links to this topic Australia: PANDORA Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia "The cost of digital image preservation" The Social and Economic Implications of the Production, Distribution and Usage of Image Data. By Howard Besser & Robert Yamashita. Report funded by the Mellon Foundation, published 1998. School of Information Management & Systems, UC Berkeley.
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