African Regional Consultation for Preserving Digital Heritage
09-12-2002 ()
Today starts at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia a three day regional consultation meeting to discuss digital preservation challenges in Africa in which, as in other regions, an increasingly large share of information is produced in digital form that can be accessed on computers only.
This enormous amount of digital information may well be lost unless specific techniques and policies are developed to conserve it. Therefore, UNESCO is presently examining these issues with a view to defining a standard to guide governments' preservation efforts in the digital age.
The African Regional Consultation Meeting that opens today in Addis Ababa is part of UNESCO's campaign for the preservation of the world's digital heritage. It will discuss digital preservation challenges in Africa, and prepare comments on the two key documents-in-draft:
a revised preliminary draft Charter on the Preservation of the Digital Heritage being prepared by UNESCO, and
the UNESCO draft technical guidelines on the preservation of digital heritage.
The regional consultation meeting with 40 participants from 25 countries includes representatives from Ministries, National Commissions for UNESCO, national libraries and archives, museums, communities, universities, producers, preservers and users of digital heritage materials.
The African Regional Consultation Meeting that opens today in Addis Ababa is part of UNESCO's campaign for the preservation of the world's digital heritage. It will discuss digital preservation challenges in Africa, and prepare comments on the two key documents-in-draft:
The regional consultation meeting with 40 participants from 25 countries includes representatives from Ministries, National Commissions for UNESCO, national libraries and archives, museums, communities, universities, producers, preservers and users of digital heritage materials.
Related themes/countries
· Memory of the World: News archives 2002
· E-Heritage: News Archives 2002
· Ethiopia: News Archives 2002
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- Abdelaziz Abid, UNESCO Information Society Division & Günther Cyranek, Advisor for Communication & Information in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNESCO Addis Ababa Office
- UNESCO Addis Ababa
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