(Download) "Building Collections for All Time: The Issue of Significance." by Australian Academic & Research Libraries ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Building Collections for All Time: The Issue of Significance.
- Author : Australian Academic & Research Libraries
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 208 KB
Description
With only a small percentage of libraries building collections for permanent retention the issue of what these collections should, or should not, comprise has been debated only intermittently in the professional literature. With the hugely increased focus on delivery of information to clients in recent years, this is not surprising. With the move from physical ownership of resources to remote access priorities have been elsewhere, with the result that debate over selection of material of enduring value for long-term preservation and retention has received limited attention. However, the issue has recently come to the fore with the explosion in the nature and amount of digital material being acquired by libraries, raising concerns over its long-term preservation and continued accessibility. In addition, projects such as the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, started in 1992, recognise that the documentary heritage, reflecting the 'memory of the world', is a fragile thing, requiring a sustained campaign to ensure the longer-term survival of valuable archive holdings and library collections from around the world. (1) This program is very much concerned with identifying significant materials which countries nominate for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register, in the hope that this recognition of their significance as a cultural artefact of world importance will help ensure their ongoing preservation.