ninch-announce: Preservation/Conservation of Digital Heritage i

Subject: Preservation/Conservation of Digital Heritage in Europe
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:52:40 -0400

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
September 21, 2001

             Draft Resolution on Preservation of Digital Heritage
                    Prepared for UNESCO General Conference
                      http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/news.html
                          Calls for Support Issued

>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:00:06 -0400
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>From: Terry Kuny <terry.kuny@xist.com>
>Subject: [FYI] Preservation/Conservation of digital Heritage in Europe

The Committee on Digital Preservation of the Conference of Directors of
National Libraries (CDNL) took the initiative to prepare a draft resolution
on the preservation of the digital heritage for the 31st session of the
General Conference of UNESCO, which will begin on 15 October 2001. The
Dutch Government has now agreed to carry the draft resolution (DR.) and has
formulated a final version of the text, as an Amendment to the Draft
Programme and Budget for 2002-2003 (31 C/5) (of UNESCO), see
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/news.html

The European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) wishes to
encourage institutions to gather support for the draft resolution. All
those working in the heritage field are aware of the uncertain life-span of
digital materials and the extreme complexities involved in keeping
born-digital materials accessible over decades or even centuries. This
draft resolution is meant to state, loud and clear, what is really at stake
and to encourage governments to take action now.

Therefore, if you can agree with the purpose and content of the draft
resolution, we would ask you to inform your UNESCO representatives for
instance at your national UNESCO Committee and/or Ministry of Culture of
this initiative, to convey to them the importance of the issue, and to urge
them to support the draft resolution at the UNESCO General Conference next
October.

[The CDNL Committee's aim is to promote international concerted actions for
permanent access to digital heritage. Chair is Wim van Drimmelen, director
of the National Library of the Netherlands; the other members are Jan
Fullerton (Director-General of the National Library of Australia) and
Winston Tabb (Associate Librarian of the Library of Congress).]
***

European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam,
visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
tel. ++31 - 20 - 551 08 39 fax ++31 - 20 - 620 49 41
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/

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popular "Digital Library Toolkit", a valuable resource for anyone
planning a digital collection. To download a free copy, go to:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/libraries/digitaltoolkit.html
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http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/news.html

The European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) wishes to
encourage institutions to gather support for the draft resolution. All
those working in the heritage field are aware of the uncertain life-span of
digital materials and the extreme complexities involved in keeping
born-digital materials accessible over decades or even centuries. This
draft resolution is meant to state, loud and clear, what is really at stake
and to encourage governments to take action now.

Therefore, if you can agree with the purpose and content of the draft
resolution, we would ask you to inform your UNESCO representatives for
instance at your national UNESCO Committee and/or Ministry of Culture of
this initiative, to convey to them the importance of the issue, and to urge
them to support the draft resolution at the UNESCO General Conference next
October.

[The CDNL Committee's aim is to promote international concerted actions for
permanent access to digital heritage. Chair is Wim van Drimmelen, director
of the National Library of the Netherlands; the other members are Jan
Fullerton (Director-General of the National Library of Australia) and
Winston Tabb (Associate Librarian of the Library of Congress).]
***

European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam,
visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
tel. ++31 - 20 - 551 08 39 fax ++31 - 20 - 620 49 41
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/

******************************************************************
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has published the second edition of its
popular "Digital Library Toolkit", a valuable resource for anyone

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