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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2000
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED450778 |
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- The WWW and Our Digital Heritage--The New Preservation Tasks of the Library Community. Mannerheim, Johan Access to Information Electronic Publishing Foreign Countries International Programs Library Role Library Services Preservation World Wide Web This paper discusses the role of libraries in the preservation of World Wide Web publications. Topics addressed include: (1) the scope of Web preservation, including examples of projects that illustrate comprehensive and selective approaches; (2) the responsibility of Web preservation, including placing the responsibility on publishers and other institutions, the national approach, and the international approach; (3) challenges of Web preservation, including information retrieval, the short life span of Web publications, and lack of a legal framework for Web preservation and access; (4) preservation of digital information, including different digital formats and conversion of document files to readable formats; (5) the present situation of Web archiving in the world, including examples of several projects. (MES)