Content tagged Guidelines

  The first version of IFLA’s new toolkit aims to help library associations, institutions and individual library and information workers to advocate for libraries...

Publication - 24 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Literacy, Reading, Guidelines, Literacy and Reading

​In 2000 the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) published Guidelines for the Content and Structure of Parliamentary Websites.  The Guidelines were based on an extensive survey of existing...

Publication - 3 August 2019

Tags: Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Gifts represent an important component of the collection-building activities of libraries. These Guidelines focus exclusively on gifts and donations to library collections, whether proactively or...

Publication - 6 March 2019

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Parliamentarians need access to up-to-date and accurate information and research in order to effectively perform their parliamentary duties.  All research produced by parliamentary officials...

Publication - 18 February 2019

Tags: research, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has launched the UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, Digital resources, Preservation, UNESCO PERSIST, Guidelines, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section (C&YA Section) have undertaken this revision of the Guidelines for Children's Libraries Services, last published in 2003,...

Publication - 22 August 2018

Tags: Children, Guidelines, guidelines for childrens libraries, Management, Young adults, Guidelines, Standards, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

During the past years, we have continued to see our cultural heritage suffer damage and destruction. Natural or man-made disasters, wars and ethnic or religious conflicts represent a significant...

Publication - 18 July 2018

Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk reduction, Guidelines

The IASL / IFLA Joint Committee has developed a set of workshop materials based on the IFLA School Library Guidelines, 2nd edition.  This project is realised under the...

Publication - 18 April 2018

Tags: guidelines, school librarian, school library, Standards, Guidelines, Publications, School Libraries

Introduction The IFLA Section for Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) focuses on those persons who, because of their living conditions and/or physical, mental, or cognitive...

Publication - 27 October 2017

Tags: Guidelines, Homelessness, IFLA standards, Libraries and homelessness, Social inclusion, Guidelines, Standards, Library Services to People with Special Needs

The IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices have been prepared by the Section for Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL)...

Publication - 12 October 2017

Tags: Guidelines, Standards, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

With European Union (EU) legislation implementing the Marrakesh Treaty now published, Member States now have a clear deadline for making the Treaty's provisions a reality in national law. The...

Publication - 1 October 2017

Tags: Europe, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Libraries have a central role in preserving and promoting cultural heritage. Without their work, our communities would be poorer and weaker. As set out in IFLA's Statement on Preserving...

Publication - 3 August 2017

Tags: Best practice, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Preservation, Procedures, Guidelines, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

This set of Guidelines updates the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) Guidelines document originally developed and shared in 1982 and updated in 2003.The scope of consideration and...

Publication - 2 May 2017

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia, Guidelines

These guidelines are intended to encourage, support and give guidance to professionals on the process of translations of the ISBD namespace from the English language into multiple other...

Publication - 27 August 2016

Tags: ISBD, ISBD Review Group, RDF, Guidelines, Cataloguing, Standards

These Guidelines are intended for use by developers of applications that allow libraries to expose ISBD metadata for the Semantic Web. The guidelines aim to promote the use of the ISBD namespaces...

Publication - 27 August 2016

Tags: ISBD, linked data, Guidelines

​ The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments operates at the intersection of two international communities: one of libraries, which finds its global...

Publication - 13 August 2015

Tags: Inter-Parliamentary Union, parliamentary research services, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

This book celebrates the new IFLA School Library Guidelines and shows how the Guidelines can be used in improving school library services. Each chapter describes innovative initiatives for...

Publication - 12 August 2015

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This is the new edition of the School Library Guidelines, approved by the IFLA Professional Committee in June 2015. These guidelines constitute the second edition of the IFLA ‘School...

Publication - 2 April 2015

Tags: guidelines, school librarian, school library, Standards, Guidelines, Publications, School Libraries

​ Introduction The IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dyslexia – revised and extended* aim to offer guidance to IFLA professional units and all its...

Publication - 12 March 2015

Tags: Dyslexia, Guidelines, Standards, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many forms over the last fifteen years, and all of them reflect a set of best practices that continues to evolve. These guidelines attempt to...

Publication - 3 September 2014

Tags: Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Guidelines, Standards, Rare Books and Special Collections

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. Les premiers objectifs de l'IFLA pour utiliser son nom ou pour entrer en relation avec d'autres organisations et entreprises doivent être : Aider l...

Publication - 21 June 2013

Tags: Branding, Identity, IFLA, Logo, Guidelines

In the planning process, much can be learned from existing buildings. The importance of the library visit is widely accepted and the IFLA Library Building Guidelines book published in 2007...

Publication - 27 May 2013

Tags: Buildings and equipment, Statistics and evaluation, Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

Hot off the presses!! Authored by Andy Williamson! [English] [français] [Español] One lesson that parliaments have learned from their efforts...

Publication - 26 March 2013

Tags: Legislative Libraries, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The Handbook on "Information and Communication Technologies in Parliamentary Libraries", prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Inter-Parliamentary...

Publication - 15 November 2012

Tags: ICT, Information Communication Technology, Parliamentary Libraries, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

INTRODUCTION The objective of this document is to provide a tool for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of library services to prisoners. The document is intended to serve as a...

Publication - 28 September 2012

Tags: Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Over the last decade many countries have paid increasing attention to dementia related diseases, primarily due to the rapid growth of the elderly population. Although dementia is generally...

Publication - 21 September 2012

Tags: Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Multilingual indexing vocabularies exist in different forms, e.g. subject heading lists, thesauri, enumerative classifications, analytico-synthetic classifications. In a multilingual indexing...

Publication - 21 September 2012

Tags: Guidelines, Subject Analysis and Access

In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains unchanged: to inform about a country’s...

Publication - 2 May 2012

Tags: Guidelines, Subject Analysis and Access

Edited by members of the Acquisition and Collection Development Committee, including Ann Okerson, Jérôme Fronty, Joseph Hafner, Judy Mansfield and Regine Schmolling. The...

Publication - 28 February 2012

Tags: Collection development, Acquisition and Collection Development, Guidelines

Introduction These guidelines have three main purposes: to describe the nature of and the need for easy-to-read publications; to identify the main target groups for...

Publication - 25 January 2012

Tags: Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Draft — December 2009 IFLA - Information Literacy Section / UNESCO Prepared by Jesús Lau Universidad Veracruzana Veracruz (Mexico) Jesús...

Publication - 18 July 2011

Tags: Guidelines, Information Literacy

These Guidelines are meant to be continuously updated, so that experiences from each satellite Meeting and Training seminar are added. Download: MS Word PDF Last Update: March 2011,...

Publication - 25 March 2011

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: Guidelines for librarians prepared by Lesley Farmer and Ivanka Stricevic The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2011. – 28p. 30 cm (...

Publication - 15 March 2011

Tags: Guidelines, Literacy and Reading

These guidelines are meant to inform librarians about the library and information needs of deaf people and pertain to all libraries that have deaf persons as any portion of their clientele. They...

Publication - 17 October 2010

Tags: Deaf, Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Background During the course of its preliminary research, the working group was struck with how the concept of a hospital library differs so in different parts of the world. It found, for...

Publication - 17 October 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Revision of: Guidelines for authority and reference entries / recommended by the Working Group on an International Authority System ; approved by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on...

Publication - 17 October 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

Existing Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) demonstrate differences in the range and complexity of their functional features, terminology, and help facilities. While many libraries already...

Publication - 17 October 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

français | Español | Deutsch | Русский | العربية | Português Some practical suggestions Introduction The IFLA Section on Reading is pleased to present...

Publication - 16 October 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Literacy and Reading

The Guidelines are currently under revision.  Please see the AVMS Publications webpage for access. This set of guidelines, for audiovisual and multimedia materials in libraries of all...

Publication - 16 October 2010

Tags: Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials, Storage and Handling, Guidelines, Audiovisual and Multimedia

NOTE: 2nd Revised & extended edition now available Within the last ten years there has in many countries been an increasing interest in dyslexia – or specific learning...

Publication - 16 October 2010

Tags: Dyslexia, Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

A revised, enlarged and updated edition of the 1981 publication by Dr. Jean LUNN IFLA Committee on Cataloguing The role of national libraries in ensuring universal and equitable access...

Publication - 16 October 2010

Tags: depository libraries, information/library legislation, international instruments, legal deposit, Guidelines, National Libraries

Die Richtlinien für die OPAC-Anzeige sollen Bibliotheken und ähnlichen Institutionen anregen, die Bildschirmanzeigen ihrer OPACs so zu gestalten, dass diese den Bedürfnissen der...

Publication - 24 August 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

Mobile Library Guidelines Revision by a working group of the IFLA Public Libraries Section, co-ordinated by Ian Stringer The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2010. - 73 p. 30 cm (IFLA Professional...

Publication - 24 August 2010

Tags: mobile libraries, Guidelines, Public Libraries

The Multilingual dictionary of cataloguing terms and concepts contains definitions for many terms and concepts used by the library cataloguing community. Terms and definitions are available in...

Publication - 24 August 2010

Tags: Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Multilingualism, Guidelines, Standards

International Cooperation Checklist [PDF]

Publication - 27 July 2010

Tags: Guidelines, National Organizations and International Relations (NOIR)

International Projects Checklist [PDF]

Publication - 27 July 2010

Tags: Guidelines, National Organizations and International Relations (NOIR)

The public library is the prime community access point designed to respond to a multitude of ever-changing information needs. These guidelines are framed to provide assistance to library...

Publication - 14 July 2010

Tags: Service Guidelines, Guidelines, Public Libraries

Draft guidance document for transparency, equivalency and recognition of qualifications

Publication - 20 March 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Education and Training

How to get started in planning a project Based on the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section's LibraryBuilding Guidelines published in 2007, this short publication...

Publication - 17 March 2010

Tags: Building design, Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

This book contains the proceedings of the third IFLA Meeting of Experts (IME) on an International Cataloguing Code (ICC), which was held in Cairo, Egypt in December 2005. A large number of...

Publication - 12 March 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

This book contains the proceedings of the second IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2004. A large number of...

Publication - 12 March 2010

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This book contains the proceedings of the First IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, which was held at Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the German National Library at Frankfurt/...

Publication - 12 March 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

IFLA/FAIFE Workshop facilitators (Paul Sturges, Marta Terry and Shane Godbolt) and KEN-AHILA members visit Oloishobor Dispensary, Ngong District, Kenya during the pilot workshop on ‘...

Publication - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to health information, Access to information, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Les “facilitateurs “de l’atelier de FAIFE /IFLA ((Paul Sturges, Marta Terry and Shane Godbolt) et les membres de KEN-AHILA ont visité le dispensaire Oloishobor, du...

Publication - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to health information, Access to information, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA / FAIFE-Workshop-Moderatoren (Paul Sturges, Marta Terry und Shane Godbolt) besichtigen zusammen mit KEN-AHILA-Mitgliedern die Arzneiausgabe von Oloishobor im Ngong-Bezirk Kenias w...

Publication - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to health information, Access to information, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA/FAIFE Workshop facilitators (Paul Sturges, Marta Terry and Shane Godbolt) and KEN-AHILA members visit Oloishobor Dispensary, Ngong District, Kenya during the pilot workshop on ‘...

Publication - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to health information, Access to information, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

These are the results of the 4th IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, held in Seoul, Korea, in August 2006 and the book forms a further step in the process led by Barbara...

Publication - 22 February 2010

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

The scale of change in the provision of information and research services since the original edition of this guide (published 1993), in particular the development of the Internet, meant...

Publication - 15 December 2009

Tags: Legislative Libraries, Guidelines, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Several years of brainstorming, planning, meetings, writing, and hearings have culminated with this working guide for managers and line staff of government libraries. Guidelines are just that-...

Publication - 24 November 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Government Libraries

The first edition of this handbook appeared in 1996 and dealt with academic libraries. It gained wide acceptance and was translated into five other languages. After ten years, this new...

Publication - 11 November 2009

Tags: Performance Measurement, Guidelines, Statistics and Evaluation

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 5. Report from the 5th IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Pretoria, South Africa,...

Publication - 3 November 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Cataloguing

The document is an introduction for librarians new to Web 2.0 and Social Media, and who are interested in using publicly accessible social media tools to serve Young Adults in any types of...

Publication - 23 September 2009

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0, Young people, Guidelines, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The changes brought about by the World Wide Web and the explosion of electronic media have called into question many of the assumptions on which national bibliographies have been founded. The need...

Publication - 11 August 2009

Tags: national bibliographies, Guidelines, Bibliography

2nd EDITION NOW AVAILABLE! The Public Library Section's major project for 4 years was, the production of new Guidelines and Standards for public libraries. Prepared by a...

Publication - 5 August 2009

Tags: Development, Standards, Guidelines, Publications, Public Libraries

Final Draft These guidelines have been compiled by the Information Literacy Section (InfoLit) of IFLA with the aim of providing a pragmatic framework for those professionals who need or...

Publication - 6 July 2009

Tags: Lifelong learning, Guidelines, Information Literacy

Complete WBU version Summary by Minna von Zansen and Jenny Craven (IFLA LBS)

Publication - 24 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2005. - 67p. 30 cm. ISBN-13 978 - 90-77897-05-4 Libraries have always been a community’s ‘portal’ to information, knowledge and leisure....

Publication - 24 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines for Development Edited by Rosemary Kavanagh and Beatrice Christensen Sköld 2005 ISBN-13 978 - 90-77897-01-1 Visually...

Publication - 24 June 2009

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Background In November 1994 the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO General Information Program approved the new revised text of the UNESCO Manifesto for Public Libraries. The...

Publication - 24 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Supplement to Guidelines for Newspaper Preservation Microfilming Introduction The Guidelines for the preservation microfilming of newspapers were published by IFLA in 1996 and...

Publication - 17 June 2009

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These Guidelines for the cataloguing of newspapers were prepared by the IFLA Section on Serial Publications Working Group on Newspapers. The text was prepared by Hana Komorous with the assistance...

Publication - 17 June 2009

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Newspapers are of great interest to a wide variety of library users as an indispensable record of all kinds of information on day to day life in a country or world-wide historical, economic,...

Publication - 17 June 2009

Tags: Microfilm, Guidelines, News Media

2009 Revision The shared use of individual library collections is a necessary element of international co-operation by libraries. Just as no library can be self-sufficient in meeting all...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

This leaflet stems from discussions held among members of the Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section of IFLA. It is based on best practices formulated from the following studies...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

This booklet is a brief guide on how to write a collection development policy, making use of the Conspectus methodology. It is the result of the recognition by the IFLA Acquisition and Collection...

Publication - 10 June 2009

Tags: Collection development, Conspectus, Acquisition and Collection Development, Guidelines

Gifts represent an important component of the collection-building activities of libraries. These Guidelines focus exclusively on gifts and donations to library collections, whether pro-actively or...

Publication - 10 June 2009

Tags: Acquisition and Collection Development, Guidelines

The information society and the information age are changing library services as well as library premises. This raises questions about what needs to be considered when planning and...

Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

The following guidelines on potential loans of collection materials for purposes of exhibition (as distinguished from interlibrary loans for purposes of research) are intended to assist potential...

Publication - 6 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Rare Books and Special Collections

Introduction The purpose of these guidelines is to promote digital reference best practices on an international basis. The online environment is uniquely suited to consortial models of...

Publication - 6 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Reference and Information Services

The Public Library Section's major project for 4 years was, the production of new Guidelines and Standards for public libraries. The Public Library Service: the IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines...

Publication - 27 May 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Public Libraries

This publication, IFLA 'Guidelines for Library Services for Young Adults' provides a framework for developing services to young adults and libraries, for the international community. It...

Publication - 25 May 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The purpose of these Guidelines is to inform decision makers, to give guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading and...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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The Guidelines are developed as a joint project (2006-2007) of all sections of IFLA Division of Libraries Serving the General Public, and coordinated by the Libraries for Children and Young Adults...

Publication - 25 May 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

[PDF] These guidelines were endorsed by IFLA's Professional Committee in August 2012 Notes:  Translations of the Guidelines can be found at the bottom of this...

Publication - 18 May 2009

Tags: Education for librarianship , Guidelines, Education and Training

New 2nd, completely updated and enlarged edition (DRAFT) version now available! Introduction The "IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto: the school library in teaching and...

Publication - 3 May 2009

Tags: Guidelines, School Libraries

The most important question to ask is "What am I trying to assess?" What students have learned, or how participants feel about their own learning? Download the flyer: English...

Publication - 27 April 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Leaflets, Information Literacy

Preface During long years of involvement in diverse serials-related activities with international bodies like UNESCO; International Organization for Standardization (ISO); International...

Publication - 26 April 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. The IFLA brand is synonymous with trust and global expertise in the library and information sector and beyond. These guidelines set out how IFLA should be represented clearly...

Publication - 24 April 2009

Tags: Branding, Identity, IFLA, Logo, Guidelines

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. La finalidad principal de la IFLA a la hora de permitir que su nombre sea utilizado o de entrar en relaciones con otras organizaciones o empresas comerciales ser...

Publication - 24 April 2009

Tags: Branding, Identity, IFLA, Logo, Guidelines

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. Die IFLA erteilt die Genehmigung zur Nutzung ihres Namens oder knüpft Beziehungen zu anderen Organisationen oder Unternehmen mit dem folgenden primärem Ziel...

Publication - 24 April 2009

Tags: Branding, Identity, IFLA, Logo, Guidelines

Overview These guidelines promote fairness and equity of access in library services to multicultural communities. They provide a basis for the planning of library services to all groups in...

Publication - 17 April 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

The Campaign for the World Libraries Guide: How to participate and use the campaign Languages available:  English  Româna  Español...

Publication - 15 April 2009

Tags: @your library (The Campaign for the World's Libraries), Guidelines

“Libraries are in their very essence transparency institutions, dedicated to making available the most accurate and unbiased educational, scientific and technical, and socially relevant...

Publication - 15 April 2009

Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Learning materials, Transparency, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

These learning materials, which take the form of a workshop manual and a set of accompanying workshop slides, are intended for use by library professionals who are engaged in training colleagues...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

FAIFE is pleased to present two sets of learning materials for use by librarians working in the areas of Internet access and public access to health information. These learning materials, which...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA Internet Manifesto was adopted at the 68th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 23rd 2002, Glasgow, Scotland. Since that time the document has been translated into 20 different...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Learning materials, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Digital technology opens up a totally new perspective. The World Wide Web holds millions of websites and the Internet is the market place for research, teaching, expression, publication and...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Guidelines, Preservation and Conservation