The UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation

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The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, 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 heritage for long-term sustainable digital preservation. PERSIST Digital Heritage Selection Guidelines​​​The Guidelines target institutions, professionals and administrators on every level and in every region of the world in order to review existing material for selection, highlight important issues, and offer guidance when drafting institutional policies, they were written by a team of seven authors from the library, archives, and museums community.

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Subject::Conservation, Subject::Digital resources, Subject::Preservation, Subject::UNESCO PERSIST Programme

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