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Rutimann, Hans – Microform Review, 1993
Describes microfilming projects in 30 countries collected from questionnaire responses. Additional topics discussed include cooperative programs for preservation and access; an overview of national programs; mass deacidification; new technologies, such as digital preservation; microfilming projects abroad; and future priorities. (Contains 10…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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Nilsen, Kirsti – Government Information Quarterly, 1993
Examines development and evolution of Canadian government information policy in response to issues of preservation of data, information industry involvement in government data development and marketing, role of Crown copyright, and public access to government information in electronic formats. Six key information policy instruments are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries
Brown-Manrique, Gerardo – Small Town, 1991
Describes efforts of citizens of Oxford, Ohio, to preserve an existing historic environment while ensuring its commercial viability. Miami University is located in Oxford, and its architecture department prepared design guidelines for use by the Historic and Architectural Preservation Commission in evaluating proposals for adding, altering, or…
Descriptors: Architecture, City Government, Community Planning, Design
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Kranch, Douglas A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Discusses electronic-document preservation and argues that digital tablets, storing both the documents and the software to use them, should be developed as a more permanent alternative to migration, currently the primary preservation strategy. Discusses technology that could be used to produce a digital tablet, lists life expectancy of digital…
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices
Anderson, Elizabeth; Atkinson, Rob; Crego, Cynthia; Slisz, Jean; Tompson, Sara – Illinois Libraries, 1998
Describes efforts at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to digitize their legacy collection of scientific and technical reports to make them available via the Web and CD discs. Topics include a grant from the Illinois State Library for funding, hardware and software, scanning documents, CD-ROM recording and organization, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Data Conversion
Smith, Abby – American Libraries, 1999
This discussion of library preservation practices for information and cultural materials of value focuses on digital technology. Discusses controlled environments, reformatting, and emergency-preparedness strategies. A sidebar describes the Library of Congress's "American Memory" project to convert information in traditional media to an…
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Maintenance, Data Conversion, Electronic Libraries
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Russell, Kelly – Microform and Imaging Review, 1998
Defines and discusses strategies for digital preservation. Describes the United Kingdom's CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries) exemplars in digital archives project "Cedars" led by the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Leeds to address strategic, methodological, and practical issues, and to provide guidance in best…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Consortia
Bolt, Nancy – American Libraries, 2000
Describes the role of librarians at National Public Radio, emphasizing the immediacy and accuracy needed at this special library. Discusses journalism, reference materials, clipping files, customer satisfaction, preservation concerns, and funding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Journalism, Librarians, Library Funding, Library Materials
Downer, Al – Common Ground: Archeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest, 1999
Examines the evolution of historic preservation activities on American Indian reservations and the increasing participation of tribal governments. Discusses amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act that supported tribal involvement; tribal assumption of State Historic Preservation Office functions; preservation as part of cultural…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, Archaeology, Cultural Maintenance
Beit-Aire, Oren; Blake, Miriam; Caplan, Priscilla; Flecker, Dale; Ingoldsby, Tim; Lannom, Laurence W.; Mischo, William H.; Pentz, Edward; Rogers, Sally; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Suleman, Hussein; Atkins, Anthony; Goncalves, Marcos A.; France, Robert K.; Fox, Edward A.; Chachra, Vinod; Crowder, Murray; Young, Jeff; Wake, Susannah; Nicholson, Dennis – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Articles in this collection discuss: reference linking in online scholarly journals; e-journal archiving and difficult issues it is raising; objectives, progress, members, statistics and activities of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD); detailed discussion of NDLTD projects and research efforts; and an overview of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
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Salsich, Anne Cuyler – Journal of Archival Organization, 2006
Government grant-funding agencies have spawned an explosion of images from historical collections on the Internet. They have encouraged collaborative projects in which institutions share resources for capital-intensive digitization projects. These Web "exhibits" are neither publications nor exhibits in the traditional sense, most often without…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Educational Resources, Web Sites, Humanities
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Holz, Dayna – Journal of Archival Organization, 2006
Based in the context of challenges faced by archives when managing digital projects, this article explores options of looking outside the existing expertise of archives staff to find collaborative partners. In teaming up with other departments and organizations, the potential scope of traditional archival digitization projects is expanded beyond…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Archives, Preservation, Electronic Publishing
Ziegler, Roy A. – 1995
The National Film Registry, which is primarily a designated list of films to be preserved by the Library of Congress, is also a valuable tool for selecting "films that are culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant." Following a brief discussion of the history and selection process of the National Film Registry, Southeast…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Archives
VanVleet, Susan; Spikes, Tracy – 1993
This booklet is designed to assist teachers in guiding students through the Museum of Historic St. Augustine (Government House) exhibit, "The Dream, The Challenge, The City." The exhibit and learning activities explore cultural, economic, and architectural development from the 1565 Spanish settlement to the Flagler Era of the 1880s and…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Architecture, Built Environment, Cultural Background
Woodfin, Samantha, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1995
This is the third issue of the magazine to focus on baseball in Panola County (Texas). The issue salutes the Carthage High School baseball program during two periods of its history. The first period was the early 1940's under Coach E. B. Morrison, whose teams were State Finalists in 1941 and 1942. The second period covered is the era of Coach…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Baseball, Extracurricular Activities
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