Content tagged Digital preservation
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- ICDL 2019
The Sixth tri-annual International Conference on Digital Landscape (ICDL) will take place at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. According to its website,...
Event - 12 September 2019
Tags: Conference, Development, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Digital preservation, India, Open Access
- Guidelines for Setting Up a Digital Unification Project
IFLA has released its guidelines for setting up a digital unification project. These provide a checklist, and recommendations, for libraries in the planning, delivery, and finalisation...
Publication - 22 August 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, digital unification, Standards, National Libraries
- Digital Unification: Case Studies
As part of its work, IFLA's Digital Unification Working Group has collected a range of case studies. Links to these can be found here: Codex Siniaticus Glagolitic Script...
Publication - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital libraries, Digital preservation, digital unification, Reports, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digital Francophone Library
Summary: The Réseau Francophone Numérique (RFN – Francophone Digital Network) is an association that brings together the French-speaking world’s greatest documentary...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Bibliothèques d'Orient
Summary: Bibliothèques d’Orient presents the interactions between Eastern Mediterranean countries and France over several centuries, with a particular focus on the period 1798-...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership
Summary: The project focus is primarily on digitization of the India Office Records in the archives of the British Library that relate to Gulf History with extended metadata and contextual...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- France-Poland Digital Library
Summary: The France-Poland Digital Library offers the public a rare collection of documents on Franco-Polish relations. It brings together so far 1000 documents illustrating the richness...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Library and Archives Canada’s Indigenous Documentary Heritage Initiatives
Summary: In 2017, the Government of Canada announced funding for Library and Archives Canada (LAC) to support the digitization of Indigenous documentary heritage. This has included both ...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Tulipana
Summary: The purpose of the Tulipana program is to secure the protection of cultural heritage of Dutch emigrants and expats in Brazil and also to make this material digitally accessible...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digitization of Polish Jewish Historical Newspapers
Summary: The project focused on the digitisation of selected microfilms of Polish Jewish newspapers from the collections of National Library of Poland and make the materials avialiable via...
Informational Page - 25 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digitization Project of Uralic Languages
Summary: The National Library of Finland executed a digitization project of Uralic languages (minority languages in Russian Federation) beween the years 2012 and 2017. All in all, more than...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Ktiv: The International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts
Summary: “Ktiv: The International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts” is a ground-breaking initiative to enable global centralized digital access to all existing...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Summary: The core aim of the six-year Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project is to provide free online access to Hebrew manuscripts from the British Library’s collection, through...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digital Images Database of the National Central Library, Taiwan, China
Summary: Since 2001, The NCL has initiated the digitization project aiming at preserving rare books and providing public access. The “Digital Image Database” includes two parts:...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- The Gordon W. Prange Collection on the Allied Occupation of Japan
Summary: The University of Maryland Libraries hold the Gordon W. Prange Collections, the most comprehensive collection of Japanese-language materials published between 1945-1949, the...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Japanese Materials in the Library of Congress Asian Division
Summary: This was a joint project between the National Diet Library (NDL) and the Library of Congress (LC). The NDL, which has extensive experience digitizing Japanese-language materials,...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digitization Project for Korean Rare Books held Abroad
Summary: The project consists in examining, collecting and digitising Korea-related materials located overseas so as to establish a Korean Studies research information infrastructure and...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- James Joyce Manuscripts from the Hans E. Jahnke bequest
Summary: The project concerned the publication of the relevant digitised manuscripts of the ZJJF Hans E Jahnke bequest in the online catalogue of the National Library of Ireland. The...
Informational Page - 24 July 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Europeana Regia
Summary: Europeana Regia aimed at creating a European corpus of digitised mostly illuminated manuscripts, testimonies of the circulation of texts and art in Europe in the Middle Ages...
Informational Page - 25 June 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Glagolitic Script
Summary: The project aimed to bring Glagolitic texts closer to the public and ensure its recognition and preservation as world heritage by bringing all available content into one...
Informational Page - 25 June 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: what it is about and why libraries should care
On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into...
News - 18 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Codex Siniaticus
Summary: Led by the British Library from 2005 to 2011, this project concerns a single document. The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the earliest biblical manuscripts. Because of its...
Informational Page - 9 June 2019
Tags: Digital preservation, digital unification, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Listen, Hear Our Voices: Preserving and Valuing Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Preserving and celebrating culture can be key to efforts to promote cohesion and cooperation in diverse societies. This is no truer than in the case of indigenous communities, who have...
News - 28 January 2019
Tags: Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Indigenous People, International Year of Indigenous Languages, IYIL 2019, Indigenous Matters
- Call for Papers: Open Session on Standards and Best Practices Relating to Serials, Continuing Resources and Scholarly Communications - IFLA 2019
Call for Papers: Programme Session Standards and Best Practices Relating to Serials, Continuing Resources and Scholarly Communications Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other...
News - 8 January 2019
Tags: Best practice, Cataloguing, Digital preservation, Serials
- Call for Papers: Satellite Meeting on Grey Literature - 23 August 2019
Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Co-sponsored by: IFLA National Libraries Section Date: August 23, 2019 (9:00 am to 4:00 pm) Venue:...
News - 7 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Scholarly Communication
- Grey Literature - satellite meeting
Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Co-sponsored by: IFLA National Libraries Section Date: August 23, 2019 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)...
Event - 7 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Satellite Meeting, Scholarly Communication
- Call for papers WLIC 2019 - The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...
News - 7 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Collection development, Collections, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Open Source, Preservation, Profession, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability
- European copyright reform: resources
The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it also...
Publication - 20 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital Humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-Learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications
- Software Source Code for Sustainable Development
With source code playing an essential role in the way our digital world works, efforts to preserve and give access to it are essential if libraries are to maintain the historical record. A UNESCO...
Event - 6 November 2018
Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, France, Preservation, software, Software technologies, source code, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Now available: presentations and papers from the National Libraries IFLA WLIC 2018 session
The papers from our successful WLIC 2018 conference session 'National Libraries and Social Media - Meeting the Challenges of Acquiring, Preserving and Proving Long-Term Access' are now...
News - 1 November 2018
Tags: Acquisitions, Archives, Digital preservation, Preservation, Social Media, National Libraries
- IFLA 2018 Kuala Lumpur. SIG Library History Session held on Sunday, 26 August 2018
SIG Library History Session on Transform Libraries, Transform Societies: Library Outreach to Marginalized Populations - Historical Perspectives. The SIG Library History’s session at...
News - 3 October 2018
Tags: Digital preservation, Disadvantaged people, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library history, Library Outreach, Malaysia, Marginalized Populations, Preservation, WLIC 2018, Library History
- 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage will take place on October 27, and has the theme “Your Story is Moving”. Here is what UNESCO says about the theme...
News - 2 October 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Associations, Cultural heritage, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Education, Open Access, Preservation, Resource discovery, Society
- Scholarly Communication in Asia & Africa
At the 2018 World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, SOCRS held an open program on scholarly communication. The program featured papers from across Asia and Africa. The main...
News - 4 September 2018
Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, bibliometrics, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, eBooks, Electronic resources, Open Access, Professional development, Scholarly Communication, Serials and Other Continuing Resources
- Planning Digital Preservation: in for the Long Run
With the Internet having facilitated an explosion of digital content, libraries have worked hard to adapt their practices to deal with virtual documents. IFLA is already involved in the...
Event - 28 August 2018
Tags: digital collections, Digital heritage, Digital preservation, Meeting, Preservation and Conservation
- European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 - Briefing for Libraries
2018 has been declared the European Year of Cultural Heritage. While libraries are active in preserving our heritage every day of every year, this is a valuable opportunity to raise...
News - 8 February 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Europe, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Accessible, Open, Empowering, Lasting: IFLA Engages on Internet Governance
IFLA will be attending this year’s annual Internet Governance Forum – the 12th edition – in Geneva, Switzerland. This is an important opportunity both to make the case for an...
News - 17 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, Digital preservation, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Shutdowns, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Call for papers WLIC 2018 - Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint session with Information Technology Section
The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the Information Technology Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in...
News - 1 December 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Buildings and equipment, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Collections, Communities of practice, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Electronic resources, Games, Information technology, Knowledge management, Lifelong learning, Outreach, Preservation, Services, Success stories, Young adults
- Making Digital Durable: IFLA Celebrates First International Digital Preservation Day
The Internet – and digital technologies more generally – has massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information. It has allowed for an explosion of creativity, allowing...
News - 30 November 2017
Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections
Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway...
Event - 27 November 2017
Tags: Collections, Conference, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Information technology, Intellectual property, International cooperation, Norway, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- In Copyright, Everyone’s Rights Must be Protected: IFLA calls for Reconsideration of W3C Decision on Extended Media Extensions
Following the decision of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to incorporate Extended Media Extensions in to the HTML Standard, IFLA has called for reconsideration. ...
News - 17 July 2017
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital preservation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA-Erklärung zur staatlichen Bereitstellung von Rechtsinformationen im digitalen Zeitalter
IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age (2016), translated into German. Prepared by IFLA’s Law Library Section and adopted by the IFLA Governing...
News - 12 July 2017
Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Law, Open Access, Preservation, Statements, Law Libraries
- The IFLA Digital Unification working group
The working group for the IFLA digital unification key initiative (WGDU) was an ad hoc and temporary working group. It developed guidelines for setting up a digital unification project, which are...
Informational Page - 12 June 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- Libraries safeguarding cultural heritage
Documentary works in all formats, including digital, are a key part of our cultural heritage. Working with, preserving, and safeguarding them in order to provide access to future generations is at...
News - 10 May 2017
Tags: 11.4, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Policy, Preservation, Risk Register, SDGs, UN, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digital unification – libraries working together to unite documentary heritage
Collections and original documentary cultural heritage objects have, over time and due to a wide variety of circumstances, found their homes in countries and memory institutions which were not the...
News - 9 February 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, digital unification
- The UNESCO PERSIST Content and Best Practice working group mandate scoping workshop
The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative founded to implement parts of the UNESCO/UBC Vancouver Declaration to ensure the long-term, sustainable access and survival of digital heritage...
Event - 3 February 2017
Tags: Digital preservation, UNESCO PERSIST, Workshop
- Resources
On this page we will highlight preservation and conservation resources. You can send us (cultural.heritage@ifla.org) relevant resources. IFLA's preservation survey results (2016...
Informational Page - 18 January 2017
Tags: Collections, Conservation, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation
- IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age (2016)
Statement English [PDF] Español [PDF] Français [PDF] Statement with Annexes English [PDF...
Publication - 14 December 2016
Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Law, Statements, Law Libraries
- Access to Public Legal Information at Risk without Government Action: New IFLA Statement
Article 19 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out the freedom to seek and receive information. This is particularly essential in the case of public legal...
News - 14 December 2016
Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Law, Law Libraries
- The UNESCO PERSIST Project
Publication: UNESCO PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation Offical website: UNESCO PERSIST Digital documentary heritage has...
Informational Page - 24 November 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, PERSIST, UNESCO
- A Report of Library History/ Multicultural Libraries session in IFLA Columbus 2016 Conference
What a wonderful Library History session at IFLA 2016 Columbus: "Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives"! I may be biased, but I thought the session went very well with three...
News - 29 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States, Library History
- Call For Papers | Libraries: Culture, History, and Society journal
Call For Papers Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) We are delighted to announce that "Libraries: Culture, History, and Society" is now accepting submissions for...
News - 18 July 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for digital preservation
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the...
News - 31 May 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, PAC Centres, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Launch of the PERSIST digital heritage selection Guidelines
The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has now launched The UNESCO/PERSIST...
News - 10 March 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation
- Preservation and Access Challenges (PACS) for Government and Parliamentary Information—A Knowledge Café at IFLA WLIC 2015
19 August 2015, 09:30-12:45, Ballroom East Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) In the spirit of the Lyon Declaration—preserving and ensuring ongoing access to...
News - 7 May 2015
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Electronic collections, Government information, International cooperation, Knowledge management, Preservation
- Cultural Heritage in a Digital Europe
An event co-hosted by MEP Julia Reda, Greens/EFA, Pirate Party and MEP Josef Weidenholzer, S&D Europe is proud of its rich cultural heritage. Institutions like...
Event - 4 November 2014
Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Event
- The problem of selection in digital heritage - The UNESCO PERSIST project
At the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon this summer, the UNESCO session was spent on the problem of selection in digital heritage. It is one of the challenging subjects within...
News - 7 October 2014
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Digital preservation, France, PERSIST Project, UNESCO
- Call for a IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe
[PDF] [WORD] IFLA is pleased to invite libraries to submit a proposal for the new IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe. The IFLA PAC...
News - 12 May 2014
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- April Webinar: New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations
We are excited to announce the second installment of this year’s webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best...
Event - 4 April 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Benchmarking, Best practice, Databases, design, Digital divide, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, International cooperation, Internet access, Knowledge management, user design, user experience, ux, Webinar, New Professionals
- Papers Presented at the IFLA International Newspapers Conference 2012
In April 2012, the IFLA Newspaper Section, IFLA PAC Stretegic Programme, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France held the 2012 IFLA International Newspaper Conference in Paris, France. The...
Publication - 14 March 2014
Tags: Digital preservation, Preservation, Conference presentations, News Media
- WLIC 2014: Call for Papers: Libraries, Governments and Cultural Heritage
The Government Information and Official Publications Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon, France , August 16-22, 2014...
News - 19 December 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, France, Government information, Information professionals, Library as place, Library history, Government Information and Official Publications
- Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Collaboration on the Vancouver Declaration
On the 5th and 6th of December a follow up meeting to the UBC/UNESCO Vancouver Declaration on Preservation and Digitisation took place in The Hague. The Vancouver Declaration pinpoints key issues...
News - 11 December 2013
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Digital preservation, Digital resources, International cooperation, Netherlands, Preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration
- 2014 IFLA Preservation and Conservation Satellite Meeting
français Society without Memory is a society without present or future The concept of cultural heritage has multiple dimensions unsuspected and unexpected in the digital age...
Event - 25 November 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Satellite Meeting, Sustainability, Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation
- ICDL 2013: International Conference on Digital Libraries
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) from 27-29 November 2013 in New Delhi, India. The conference will also aim...
Event - 13 November 2013
Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, India, Digital Libraries
- UNESCO releases Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation
UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada, to explore the key issues...
News - 17 January 2013
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Draft Recommendations Now Available for Comment
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, UNESCO, in collaboration with the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and the University...
News - 6 October 2012
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- The Role of Libraries in Data Curation, Access, and Preservation: an International Perspective
Session 116 — Science and Technology Libraries 14 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: 5bc | SI Data curation, access, and preservation are integral to the advancement of research in...
News - 6 April 2012
Tags: Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Information professionals, Open Access, Science and Technology Libraries
- Call for papers: The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation
26 to 28 September 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, in cooperation with the School of Library, Archival and Information...
News - 13 January 2012
Tags: Announcement, Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation
- Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Egypt
20 December 2011 As the altercations in Egypt endure, and following the recent damages suffered by the Institut d'Egypte in Cairo, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern...
News - 22 December 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- Digital Library Futures: User perspectives and institutional strategies
Initiatives at a cross-cultural level, where libraries, museums and archives work together in creating digital libraries, and making their cultural heritage collections available online, are...
Publication - 3 January 2011
Tags: Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital Libraries, Publications
- Latest IFLA IT Section newsletter released - July 2010
The latest issue of the IFLA ITS Newsletter has three feature articles: "India: the Digital Repository at IICT", "Digital Library Inter-operability" and "...
News - 6 July 2010
Tags: Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Freedom of information, Knowledge management, m-libraries, Open Source, RFID, social networking, Information Technology
- About LAMMS
Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments & Sites (LAMMS) The five international organisations for cultural heritage, IFLA (libraries), ICA (archives), ICOM (museums), ICOMOS (monuments...
Informational Page - 30 November 2009
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs
- Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments & Sites (LAMMS) The five international organisations for cultural heritage, IFLA (libraries), ICA (archives), ICOM (museums), ICOMOS (monuments...
IFLA Group or Activity - 27 November 2009
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, Joint Activities
- IFLA/FAIFE at the Minerva Conference
On November 11th IFLA Senior Policy Advisor Stuart Hamilton took part in the Minerva Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, alongside librarians from the Givat Haviva Peace Library, the Al-Aqsa...
News - 23 November 2009
Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Israel, Newspapers, Palestinian Territories, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in collaboration with IFLA Newspaper Section is organizing the IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010 at IGNCA, New Delhi in India....
Event - 16 November 2009
Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, India, Open Access, News Media
- Conference sponsored by IFLA-PAC: "CULTURAL HERITAGE on line. Empowering users: an active role for user communities"
The Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, in collaboration with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Library of Congress, is delighted to announce the 2nd edition: “CULTURAL...
Event - 9 October 2009
Tags: Digital preservation, Event, Italy, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Digital Library Futures Conference – and the future of digital libraries within IFLA
Summary and follow up On Tuesday 25 August, IFLA’s Professional Committee, together with the Italian Government organized a one day conference on Digital Library Futures...
News - 15 September 2009
Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, Users, Digital Libraries
- Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries
Libraries all over the world have to deal with fast growing numbers of digital materials that need to be safeguarded. Publications in digital form, online or on CD, digitised images, and...
Publication - 16 June 2009
Tags: Digital preservation, Networking, Publications
- Photography in Latin America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (English/Spanish/French - CD-ROM)
In 1998, the PAC Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean issued a CD-ROM on safeguarding of photographic collections within the framework of the UNESCO's Memory...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Latin America and the Caribbean, Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Safeguarding our documentary heritage / Conservation préventive du Patrimoine documentaire (CD-ROM)
An IFLA/UNESCO/Ministère de la culture project. All throughout history, libraries and archives have been the guardians of the...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Guidelines for Digitization Projects for collections and holdings in the public domain
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
- International NGOs bonding to intensify cooperation on convergence in the cultural heritage sector
On the 21st of November 2008, IFLA President Claudia Lux initiated the first NGO Meeting on Convergence. The outcome of this meeting was that IFLA and its sister organizations for archives (ICA),...
News - 31 March 2009
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs