The September 2010 issue of the "Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World" newsletter is now online. 



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Long-term preservation is becoming more and more crucial as the amount of digital information increases and advances in technology show no signs of slowing down. It is estimated that as technology advances, and hardware and sofware goes out of date, €3bn worth of data are becoming obsolete every year in the European Union. 



In response, scientists in Europe have created a time capsule they call a “digital genome” and have placed it in a bunker deep beneath the Swiss Alps for 25 years. The aim of the project is to ensure that future scientists will be able to decipher the data using obsolete technologies. 



This project is highlighted in a special section of this month's newsletter.



In addition, other articles regarding long-term preservation are featured in the various sections of the newsletter, some of which are described below.



Additional articles in this month's issue include:



1) Testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage 

    with regard to Emerging and Digital Media: Opportunities and Challenges

Canada – Articles, White Papers, Presentations, Reports



2) Retaining Records in the Real World: Dispelling the Myths, Planning for Action (Video)

United States

Articles, White Papers, Presentations, Reports



3) RADR (Repository of Archival Digital Records) Project

Canada – Archives of Ontario

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



4) Digital Preservation Practices in Canada

Canada – Studies and Surveys



5) Digital Preservation in Wales

Wales – Studies and Surveys



6) Podcast: Development of Library of Congress Digital Repository

United States – Library of Congress

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



7) Rosetta Project

Global

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



The goal of the Rosetta Project is to explore new kinds of information archiving that could survive even if today’s data storage technology does not.



8) New requirements for preserving electronic records

United States – Washington – General News



9) Resource Discovery Task Force

United Kingdom

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



10) Preservation of Email Project

United States – Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



11) Government digital archive to be developed	

New Zealand – General News



12) Government embraces Government 2.0 recommendations

Australia – General News



13) New national library and archive planned

Ireland – General News



14) Jamaica’s cultural and historical heritage to be inventoried

Jamaica – General News



15) NARA: Document preservation a concern when moving data to clouds

United States – General News



16) Up to 75 percent of government websites face closure

United Kingdom – General News



17) Video: What happens inside the National Archives?

United Kingdom – National Archives 

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



18) Digital “Reflection Group”

Europe	

Recordkeeping: Current Developments, Projects and Future Initiatives 



19) Government Social Media Policy and Guidelines  (Includes Tutorial)

United States – Government of North Carolina

Products and Tools from Around the World



20) Web Presentation Guide 5.1 for Digital Government Records Retention

United States – Government of Washington State

Products and Tools from Around the World





Steve Gerley

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