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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 ›
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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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PERSIST at iPRES2016
From 3 – 6 October 2016, the 13th edition of iPRES, the international conference on digital preservation will take place in Bern, Switzerland. PERSIST actively contributes to iPRES with a Panel that will focus on virtualization and emulation and a… Read More ›
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UNESCO PERSIST Policy Survey
Unesco PERSIST has launched a global survey to identify and assess national or federal policies and strategies on the preservation of digital heritage. PERSIST invites all those involved in the making or implementing of such national policies and strategies to share… Read More ›
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PERSIST at Dutch EU Presidency Conference
On Thursday 30 June, the Natasa Milic-Frayling, chair of the PERSIST Technology Working Group, will present PERSIST and the plans for the legacy software archive at the conference Ready to reach out, Connecting Cultural Heritage Collections and Serving Wider Audiences. This conference… Read More ›
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PERSIST at IFLA / WLIC, 14 Aug. 2016
PERSIST will host a session on digital preservation policies at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, which will take place from 13-19 August 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. The PERSIST is planned for Monday 14 August 2016.
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Blog about PERSIST on The Signal
The PERSIST Content, Technology and Policy Working Groups met March 16-18, 2016 in Abu Dhabi, hosted by the National Archives of the UAE. Read about the meeting on The Signal, the blog of the Library of Congress on digital preservation. The full meeting report is… Read More ›
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Devising strategies for digital sustainability
Recently, over 30 experts and policy makers gathered in Abu Dhabi to speed up the efforts of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme for digital sustainability and digital preservation. The meeting of the PERSIST-project team was organised by Dr Abdulla El Reyes, Director-General of… Read More ›
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Launch of PERSIST Selection Guidelines
The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has now launched The UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation. The aim of the Guidelines is… Read More ›
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Old and new PERSIST-partners at UNESCO’s General Conference
On 11 November 2015, a side event organised by the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO informed participants of the 38th UNESCO General Conference on the results and prospects of the PERSIST project. The event also opened the exhibition of educational… Read More ›
UNESCO PERSIST Programme 