At its 13th meeting from 24 to 27 October 2017, the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Memory of the World (MoW) Programme discussed not only the 132 submissions for the MoW Register, but also various other aspects of its… Read More ›
PERSIST Programme
PERSIST Policy Working Group publishes report on National Policies and Strategies on the Preservation of Digital Heritage
One of the outcomes of the UNESCO PERSIST meeting in Abu Dhabi (14-16 March 2016) was the decision to organize a global survey about governmental policies and national strategies on long-term preservation of digital heritage. The survey took place between… Read More ›
PERSIST Selection Guidelines for sustainable digital preservation
The UNESCO PERSIST Project has launched The UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation in 2016. The Guidelines provide an overarching starting point for heritage institutions when drafting their own policies on the selection of digital… Read More ›
Action plan for the UNESCO recommendation on Documentary Heritage created
The ASEAN-UNESCO+3 Consultation on the UNESCO Recommendation on Documentary Heritage took place on may 8th in Kuala Lumpur. The consultation resulted in a concrete action plan fot the UNESCO recommendation on documentary heritage. The UNESCO Persist Guidelines play an important… Read More ›
UNESCO Ambassadors lunch
To raise awareness about the problem of digital amnesia and the PERSIST solution the Dutch Ambassador to UNESCO, H.E. Lionel Veer, convened an Ambassadors lunch on 24 February 2017. Twelve UNESCO Member States were represented, including Australia, Canada, India, France… Read More ›
The UNESCO PERSIST Digital Heritage Selection Guidelines – endorsed by IFLA, ICA and ICOM
The UNESCO PERSIST Project launched the UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation in March 2016. The Guidelines were created by experts from the libraries, archives, and museums community and have now been endorsed by all… Read More ›
The UNESCO PERSIST Content and Best Practice working group mandate scoping workshop
The UNESCO PERSIST Project is holding a workshop to define the scope and objectives of the Content and Best Practises working group. The Content working group has finalised its first goal when launching the Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for… Read More ›
GISwatch 2016: Preserving our digital culture for the future
Last week the Global Information Society Watch published GISWatch 2016. GISWatch is their yearly report covering the state of the information society from the perspectives of civil society. This year’s edition contains an article on the challenges of preserving digital… Read More ›
Meet the PERSIST Coordinator
As of November 2016, Stein van Oosteren will act as the PERSIST Coordinator. Stein was already a member of the PERSIST Programme Committee. His personality, his communication skills and his close involvement with UNESCO made him the ideal candidate to… Read More ›
Short report of WLIC session, 15-08-2016
Short report of the PERSIST Session at the World Library and Information Conference (WLIC), Columbus (Ohio), 15 August 2016 IFLA’s Annual World Library and Information Conference took place in Columbus (Ohio) from 13–19 August 2016. PERSIST was on the agenda… Read More ›
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