PADI Trails. National Library of Australia, Preserving Access top Digital Information, August 2004. "...Each of our trails have been designed to introduce the beginner both to digital preservation and the PADI website. The trails consist of general background information, as well as links to resources from our PADI database. These resources have been chosen for their broad coverage and easy-to-read content of relevant topics. The trails are a subset of the full PADI database..."
Web archiving. National Library of Australia, Preserving Access top Digital Information, August 2004. "...This page serves as an introduction to some of the major archiving initiatives that have been established by national libraries around the world to preserve their country's Web heritage. The main models that have emerged for archiving Web content are listed, together with descriptive 'snapshots' of the key projects and collaborative initiatives. Links are also provided to PADI resources which provide further discussion of Web archiving issues..."
Archiving Web Resources: Issues for Cultural Heritage Institutions - International Conference, November 9-11 2004, Canberra
Put that home page in the circular file - Feds waste too much energy preserving agency sites, By Aliya Sternstein. Federal Computer Week, January 10, 2005. "Remember being told to think of your agency's Web site as something that must be preserved for the public record? Remember what a different mind-set that required? Never mind! Sure, at times Web sites may be worth preserving, but feds have gone overboard, saving screen grabs indiscriminately, said J. Timothy Sprehe, president of Sprehe Information Management Associates..."
Website records must be stored by business, by Karen Dearne. AustralianIT, April 12, 2005. "Companies that fail to retain documents published on their websites face serious legal and regulatory risks, former federal auditor-general Pat Barrett has warned..."
PANDORA: Collecting the Web - presentation by Peter Jetnikoff - PANDORA Librarian, State Library of Victoria - Tuesday 3 May, 2005 9.00 - 10.00am. "Web publishing has existed as long as the Web itself, yet it remains misunderstood and undervalued (even, in some cases, by the publishers themselves). In fact, there is little difference between how (and why) we collect online and print publications. The PANDORA project was created to establish an archive of Australian online publications such as electronic journals, organisational sites, government publications and ephemera. The forum will look at how PANDORA fulfills traditional library requirements as well as meeting the challenges of a rapidly advancing technology. Call (03) 8664 7113 for further information..."
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