Will the National Archives be archiving the web pages? They did this
when the Dept of Health rejigged their website and "lost" sections.
Is there a validity issue in referring to reports that are archived,
other than as archival material? Would they be considered out-of-date?

Cheryl.

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On 06/10/2010 09:39, Graham Titley wrote:
> Hopefully the Audit Commission will have an exit strategy that will cover ongoing access to their research and reports.
> There's nothing on their website at present!
> Incidentally, they have also blocked 'capture' of the 'deep' page referred to in the original post by the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) so we can't use that route.
> Graham
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> Graham Titley
> Subject Librarian and Copyright Advisor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Robinson
> Sent: 06 October 2010 09:27
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> Subject: Preservation of Audit Commission reports
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> Dear all
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> As someone who once worked for the Audit Commission, I share the concerns about the availability of the Commission's reports. Some of the national reports are on the British Library catalogue, but I do not know if all of them are. Is there a role for the Third Sector Research Centre www.tsrc.ac.uk here?
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> There is also the question of what will happen to the Commission's book and publications stock...???...
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> Thanks
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> Julie
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> Julie Robinson, Information Specialist, Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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>> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:44:16 +0100
>> From: "Knight, Charles"<[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Preservation of Audit Commission reports
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I have been contacted by an academic from our Business School who is
>> concerned that the Audit Commission national studies reports, which are
>> currently freely available from their website, will be unavailable for
>> public access as the Audit Commission is being closed down. Is anybody
>> in any library planning to preserve these in any format? Any information
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>> http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nationalstudies/pages/default.aspx
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Charles
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>> Charles Knight
>> Business Liaison Librarian (Economics, Human Resource Management,
>> Information Management&  Systems, Strategic Management and International
>> Business)
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