Dear colleagues,



in the following text you find a short look back on the Digital
Preservation Summit 2011, that took place in Hamburg from 19-20 October.
The conference was hosted by Goportis, the Leibniz Library Network for
Research Information.



With kind regards,

Anna Maria Köck/ press spokeswoman, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for
Economics



Summit meeting for digital preservation: preserve global knowledge!



Almost one hundred international experts from 15 countries gathered to
discuss the most urgent practical matters in digital preservation at one
of the largest meetings of this kind in Europe on 19th and 20th of
October.



Hamburg, 26 October 2011: The percentage of information which is solely
available in digital format instead of print rises rapidly. How do we
ensure that this digital material remains unaltered and accessible in
the long term? Who will take responsibility for this? These were the
questions on the agenda of the global summit meeting "Getting ready for
Digital Preservation", hosted by Goportis, the Leibniz Library Network
for Research Information.



"In 2020, 80% of all academic publications will appear in digital format
only and no longer in print." This is the opening statement of Professor
Klaus Tochtermann, director of the ZBW, the world's largest specialist
library for economics, at the Digital Preservation Summit 2011 in
Hamburg.



Digital preservation deals with more than the conservation of scientific
information: the Portuguese National Archives, for instance, have been
charged to preserve the protocols of all court proceedings of the last
forty years and to ensure their availability. The Library of Congress on
the other hand has been archiving all public entries posted on Twitter,
the online microblogging service, since its inception in 2006. This is
no easy task, considering that 50 million tweets are posted daily (!),
and certainly no task that can be done manually.

These developments present cultural heritage organisations with
considerable challenges that must be met.



The Digital Preservation Summit 2011 offered a platform to discuss what
concrete solutions might look like and which are the latest developments
and efforts at the international level.



One of the most important insights of the summit was that it is
essential to remain on top of what is going on in the very dynamic field
of digital preservation. International cooperation and exchange are the
foundation for this, in keeping with the motto: "share what works ...
and what doesn't work".



There is a sense of setting out for new shores in the field of digital
preservation. For instance, Goportis, the Leibniz Library Network for
Research Information, has started a project for the digital preservation
of numerous data from the holdings of the three German National
Libraries which aims to integrate digital preservation as a permanent
task into existing library environments.



International cooperation and cross-institutional exchange are a
prerequisite for the successful accomplishment of these tasks, all in
line with the phrase of Michelle Lindlar (German National Library of
Medicine): "Collaboration is the key to success!"



More information at:

www.digitalpreservationsummit2011.de
<http://www.digitalpreservationsummit2011.de/>



About Goportis:

Goportis is the name of the Leibniz Library Network for Research
Information, consisting of the German National Library of Science and
Technology (TIB, Hannover), the German National Library of Medicine (ZB
MED, Bonn/Cologne) and the German National Library of Economics -
Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW, Kiel/Hamburg). In
Germany, Goportis is the expert partner for the supply of electronic and
printed full-text documents, licences, non-textual materials, digital
preservation and Open Access. Goportis aims to bundle knowledge in these
fields and to initiate further developments. More information at
www.goportis.de <http://www.goportis.de/>



Contact and Further Information:



Press Contact:

DR. ANNA MARIA KOECK

Press Relations Officer

ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Neuer Jungfernstieg 21, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

T: +49 [0] 40. 428 34-359

F: +49 [0] 40. 428 34-299

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Kiel Branch:

Düsternbrooker Weg 120

D-24105 Kiel

www.zbw.eu <http://www.zbw.eu/>