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Are your collections something to shout about?
Why not tell the world? Nominations are now open for the first entries
to the UK Memory of the World Register. The Register will be inscribed
with archive collections or documents which are considered to be
culturally significant to the UK. The Register is part of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Memory of the World Programme, which helps promotes outstanding
documentary heritage. Anyone can make a nomination and all archive
formats are welcome, including digital and audiovisual.
A simple and quick nomination form with outstanding potential
* Add value to your grant funding application
* Raise the profile of your collection
* Use Memory of the World status as an advocacy tool
* Join a global network
* Draw international attention to your collection through a UN
agency
Visit www.unesco.org.uk/UK_Register.htm for further details. The
deadline for nominations is 8 January 2010.
UNESCO's Memory of the World programme promotes preservation of and
access to the world's archive holdings and library collections. The
vision of the programme is a simple but powerful one - the world's
documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and
protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and
practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without
hindrance.
Nominations to the UK Register will be considered against a range of
criteria including authenticity, rarity, integrity, threat and social,
spiritual or community significance. The full inscription criteria and
nomination documents are available at www.unesco.org.uk/UK_Register.htm.
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