Preservation
A fundamental role of the National Library is to preserve Australia's documentary heritage, and to make sure it is available for people to use for as long as possible. Collecting material is only one step towards achieving this - the material also needs to be looked after if it is to remain useable. The aim of the National Library's preservation program is to maintain and preserve items according to their use and their significance.
The National Librarys preservation role is guided by its key objective to preserve and maintain all Australian and significant non-Australian library materials to ensure they are available for current and future use. This objective applies to both digital and non-digital information resources, although the Library recognises that it will use different methods and draw on different skills, procedures and partnerships, for managing digital and non-digital collections.
- Preservation Policy & Planning
- What guides our preservation activities.
- First Steps in Preserving Digital Publications
- A brochure to assist libraries to manage their collections of physical format digital publications. Also available in print format on request: email Digital Preservation digitalpres@nla.gov.au.
- PRESERconVersATION
- A series of articles designed to raise library preservation awareness. These articles were written for National Library staff in 1995 and 1996 but still may be of general use to other libraries. The focus of these articles is mainly on preservation of paper and other physical format materials.
- Professional Micrographic Bureaus in Australia
- Our state-by-state list of organisations that perform microfilming services.
- Staff Presentations and Papers
- Includes papers relating to preservation and electronic issues.
- DOHM - Digitisation Of Archival Materials
- Digitisation training package for small organisations and community groups.
- Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)
- Our subject gateway to digital preservation resources.
- ANICA: Australian Network for Information on Cellulose Acetate
- A forum point for sharing information and accessing resources about preserving cellulose acetate collections in Australia.
- Preservation Metadata
- An exposure draft issued by the National Library of Australia in October1999 outlining the information it believed would be needed to manage the preservation of its digital collections.
- Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project
- A collaborative project between the University of Sydney Library, the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia and Monash University Library to digitise from microfilm a range of Australian serials and fiction of the period 1840-1845.
- National & International Preservation Activities
- What we are doing at a national and international level.
