<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Julia Brungs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Julia.Brungs@ifla.org">Julia.Brungs@ifla.org</a>></span><br>Date: 19 July 2016 at 16:12<br>Subject: [PAC-LIST] UNESCO PERSIST survey on national digital heritage preservation policies<br>To: "<a href="mailto:pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr">pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr</a>" <<a href="mailto:pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr">pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr">ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a>" <<a href="mailto:ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr">ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Persevering digital content for the future is one of the biggest challenges for libraries, archives and museums.
<span lang="EN-US">The pace of technological changes quickly renders file formats obsolete, or leaves them inaccessible when the software required to read them, or the operating systems and hardware it runs on, becomes outdated.</span> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Digital heritage information needs regular, ongoing interventions to preserve them. These interventions must ensure that the content can continue to be accessed
by users and that it is as meaningful today as it was when first created. Unless we take the actions needed to preserve our digital heritage we are in danger of losing large tracts of it now.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The need for strategies and solutions is increasingly urgent. The UNESCO PERSIST Project has therefore launched a survey which will provide a valuable overview of the current long
term preservation strategies and policies in all Member States of UNESCO. We are specifically interested in the involvement and role of governments or national policy makers in formulating your national or federal policies and strategies on the preservation
of digital heritage.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We therefore kindly ask you to participate in the survey:
<span><a href="https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2900854/UNESCO-PERSIST-Policy-Survey" target="_blank">https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2900854/UNESCO-PERSIST-Policy-Survey</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The survey results will help identify governmental needs and trends in national preservation policies.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The survey will close on
<b>15/09/2016</b> and should not take more than 15 minutes to complete. If you prefer to reply by e-mail, please write to
<a href="mailto:wilbert@helmus-advies.nl" target="_blank">wilbert@helmus-advies.nl</a>. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you very much for your cooperation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The UNESCO PERSIST Project</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Julia Brungs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Policy and Research Officer<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>P.O. Box 95312<br>
2509 CH The Hague<br>
Netherlands<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Phone: <a href="tel:0031703140884" value="+31703140884" target="_blank">0031703140884</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Email: </span><span lang="NL"><a href="mailto:Julia.brungs@ifla.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue">Julia.brungs@ifla.org</span></a>
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