Preserving printed and digital heritage

Pete writes “On the BBC, Internet law professor Michael Geist discusses how governments can start building libraries which preserve both printed and digital publications.
“In 2004, the government granted the Library and Archives Canada, the successor the National Library, the right to sample web pages in an effort to preserve noteworthy Canadian websites. The internet sampling provision has been used to gather copies of political party websites as well as a handful of notable blogs.””

January 23, 2007 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Biblia, the Warrior says:
    January 24, 2007 at 9:11 am

    Digital Heritage
    The Australian National Library started their Pandora Project a few years back, which archives sites ‘of cultural significance’. Happily (or possibly more correctly, strangely) Warrior Librarian has even been recognised as such! See http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/21731

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