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Safekeeping

Selection of Safekept Resources

Resources marked Safekeeping symbol have been selected as being of long-term interest or value. They include seminal papers which record a 'turning point' in thinking about digital preservation; or resources which define or describe an important issue, approach, project or study; or which summarise or raise important issues in digital preservation (see Safekeeping Selection Guidelines).

Safekeeping symbol resources are selected by an international group of digital preservation professionals.

However, PADI users should be aware that safekept resources may be less current than other resources listed on PADI and may therefore not describe current practice in digital preservation.

Safekeeping Project

The Safekeeping project aims to establish a 'library' of significant digital preservation resources which will be accessible in the long term. In its initial year, this 'library' was established through the selection, description and bringing together of resources for the PADI database, together with understandings made between PADI and resource owners. These understandings rely on resource owners, or organisations nominated by them, undertaking to provide long-term access to their material. The National Library of Australia is now seeking permission to archive all selected material within its PANDORA archive.

Publications

PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) and Safekeeping, (Originally published in the High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine, Issue 9, February 2004)

Safekeeping: A Cooperative Approach to Building a Digital Preservation Resource , D-Lib Magazine, January 2002

Further Information

For further information about the Safekeeping project, please contact the National & International Preservation Activities (NIPA) area of the National Library of Australia at: nipa@nla.gov.au.

The Safekeeping project has been generously supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

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