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The WWW and our digital heritage (http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/158-157e.htm) local copy Johan Mannerheim 66th IFLA Council and General Conference Jerusalem, Israel 13-18 August: - the new preservation tasks of the library community

A Strategic Policy Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Collections (http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/papers/bl/framework/framework.html) local copy Neil Beagrie and Daniel Greenstein Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive London, England: "The study presents thirteen recommendations in the areas of long-term digital preservation, standards, the policy framework, and future research. Six case studies highlight some of the real-life considerations concerning digital preservation. At a time when content providers and libraries are racing headlong toward digitization of information resources, this study provides critical guidance."

Archiving Digital Cultural Artifacts (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july98/07lyman.html) local copy Peter Lyman, Brewster Kahle D-Lib Magazine July/August 1998: - Organizing an Agenda for Action

The Legal Deposit of Electronic Publications (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/memory/legaldep.htm) local copy Brian Lang Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) December, 1996

Best Practices for Digital Archiving (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january00/01hodge.html) local copy Gail M. Hodge D-Lib Magazine January 2000

Using Serial Item and Contribution Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hakala-sici-00.txt) local copy Juha Hakala Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Network Working Group (expires) 28 February 2002: Internet-Draft discussing how Serial Item and Contribution Identifiers (SICIs; persistent and unique identifiers for serial issues and contributions such as articles) can be supported within the URN framework and the syntax for URNs defined in RFC 2141 (Moats).