National Library of Australia - Gateways

ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 64 | August 2003


Guidelines for Publishers of Online Publications
Guidelines for publishers of online publications brochures

The National Library has published a series of guidelines for publishers of online publications. They are available both online and in hard copy, free of charge.

The guides are:
Safeguarding Australia’s Web Resources: Guidelines for Creators and Publishers
These guidelines are intended to assist those creators and publishers who do not already have well-established digital data management procedures in place. <www.nla.gov.au/guidelines/webresources.html>.

Keeping Government Publications Online: A Guide for Commonwealth Agencies
Prepared by the National Library together with the National Archives of Australia and the National Office for the Information Economy, this guide explains how collaboration between agencies, the National Library of Australia and the National Archives of Australia, will help to ensure that online Commonwealth government publications remain accessible to Australians in the future. <www.nla.gov.au/guidelines/govpubs.html>.

Managing Web Resources for Persistent Access
This guide lists actions that can be taken to minimise broken links and keep publications available. <www.nla.gov.au/guidelines/persistence.html>.

Guidelines for the Creation of Content for Resource Discovery Metadata
Prepared by the National Library together with the State Library of Tasmania, these guidelines are designed to aid web managers in the government, academic and commercial sectors who wish to add metadata to the pages on their sites. <www.nla.gov.au/meta/metaguide.html>.

For further information, and copies of the print versions, contact:
Margaret Phillips
Manager, Digital Archiving, NLA
Tel: (02) 6262 1140
Email: mphillips@nla.gov.au

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