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Glossary Documentary heritage
Glossary

Documentary heritage

According to the guidelines of the Memory of the World Programme – which is in charge of the heritage housed in museums, archives and libraries around the world -, the definition of documentary heritage includes the following elements:

  • mobile;
  • consisting of signs/codes, sounds and/or images;
  • can be conserved (the supports are inert elements);
  • can be reproduced and transported;
  • is the result of a deliberate documentation process.

Source(s): http://www.unesco.org/new/en/santiago/communication-information/memory-of-the-world-programme-preservation-of-documentary-heritage/what-is-documentary-heritage/

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