ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 56 | April 2002
Coordinating Preservation Projects in Our Region
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The Southeast Asia and Pacific IFLA-PAC centre at the National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the creation of the Documentary Heritage Preservation Register (DHPR) at www.nla.gov.au/dhpr. The DHPR has been created to provide information about preservation projects that are taking place in the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions. The types of projects that are listed on the DHPR include microfilming, training, basic conservation and preservation projects, and surveys of collections in the region.
Documentary materials, such as books and other paper-based materials, palm leaf manuscripts, film and digital material comprise a very significant part of our regional cultural heritage. Unfortunately, if not preserved, this heritage can easily be lost or become inaccessible. It is intended that providing information about these projects will be useful to those considering undertaking projects in the region and assist coordination of regional preservation activities.
The information contained in the DHPR database includes project title, type of material being preserved, country where the project is occurring, the funding body sponsoring it and the organisation who is responsible for the project with their contact details.
Our thanks go to those who have already contributed to the Register. It is hoped that the Register will grow and include many recent and current projects that are currently happening in the region. If you are involved in, or are aware of documentary preservation projects within the region that are not already on the Register, please tell us about them by using the contribution form at www.nla.gov.au/dhpr/contribute.html.
For further information about the DHPR, please contact the National
Library of Australia nipa@nla.gov.au
Jennifer Anderson
Please address any comments and enquiries to The Editor, Gateways: dthomas@nla.gov.au