UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

09/21/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/21/2021 05:24

Major policy gaps in digital preservation outlined in a UNESCO Policy Dialogue report

UNESCO has just published a report with outcomes of the policy dialogue on "Documentary Heritage at Risk: Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation". The report highlights issues that need to be prioritized for the international policy agenda on digital preservation of analogue documentary heritage. The initial considerations uncovered policy gaps in the governance and access management of documentary heritage, collection and protection, preservation actions, as well as legal and ethical frameworks. The report was prepared by the Preservation Sub-Committee (PSC) of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme.