The September 2010 issue of the "Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World" newsletter is now online.
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http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/007001/f2/007001-100900-e.pdf September Issue
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 It is estimated that as technology advances, and hardware and sofware goes out of date, €3bn worth of data are becoming obsolete every year in the European Union.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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