UK Consultation on the Preservation of Online Publications
In the UK the DCMS is currently running a consultation on the 'collection and preservation of UK offline and microform publications and UK online publications available free of charge and without access restrictions'- or in simpler terms the legal deposit of 'born digital' material, without which writing history in the future is going to be tricky!
Readers of this list who are concerned about this issue may want to respond. The document is at http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Digital_legal_deposit.pdf
Apologies to those who have spotted this already, but I'd missed it and thought others might have as well.
Best wishes,
Sally Horrocks
Sally Horrocks (Dr)
School of Historical Studies
University of Leicester
LE1 7RH
0116 252 5070
Readers of this list who are concerned about this issue may want to respond. The document is at http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Digital_legal_deposit.pdf
Apologies to those who have spotted this already, but I'd missed it and thought others might have as well.
Best wishes,
Sally Horrocks
Sally Horrocks (Dr)
School of Historical Studies
University of Leicester
LE1 7RH
0116 252 5070