European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
The ECPA promotes activities aimed at keeping collections in European archives and libraries accessible over time and acts as a European platform for discussion and cooperation of heritage organizations in areas of preservation and access.
See also Organization: Multinational Organizations
See also IMRC – Access to Information

Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) 
National Library of Australia
PADI acts as a subject gateway to digital preservation resources, providing mechanisms to ensure that preservation and future access are considered when managing digital information. PADI also provides a forum for cooperation on the promotion of access to digital information.
See also Organization: Australia
See also IMRC – Access to Information

International Council on Archives (ICA)
ICA is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting the preservation, development, and use of the world's archival heritage. It brings together national archive administrations, professional associations of archivists, regional and local archives and archives of other organisations as well as individual archivists. ICA works closely with inter-governmental organisations such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe. It also has strong links with other non-governmental organisations. 
See also Organization: Multinational Organizations
See also IMRC - Professional Associations

Authenticity, Preservation and Access in Digital Collections
Treasury Board Secretariat
Nancy Brodie
Presentation at Preservation 2000 Conference
December 8, 2000
This document discusses the varied ways in which creators and users of information in different communities view the authenticity of digital information. The paper also reviews the activities of the National Library of Canada with the Government of Canada, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries and the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada relating to the assurance of the authenticity of digital information.
See also Organization: Treasury Board Secretariat

Information Infrastructures for Digital Preservation
Research Libraries Group
Conference
York, England
December 6, 2000
This conference examined current issues surrounding the preservation of digital materials, including perspectives of managing national digital collections, models for distibuted digital archives, practical aspects of digital preservation, authenticity and authentication of digital preservation, collaborative efforts and information infrastructures.
See also Organization: United Kingdom
See also IMRC – Conferences and Events

InterPARES: International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
The InterPARES Project is a major international research initiative in which archival scholars, computer engineering scholars, national archival institutions and private industry representatives are collaborating to develop the theoretical and methodological knowledge required for the permanent preservation of authentic records created in electronic systems.
See also Organization: University of British Columbia

Managing Internet and Intranet Information for Long-term Access and Accountability
IM Forum Internet and Intranet Working Group
PDF Format
This document provides guidelines for implementing the IM Forum's Approach to Managing Internet and Intranet Information for Long-term Access and Accountability. They are designed to ensure that appropriate levels of management control are put in place to protect government records as evidence of the government's business activities; to reduce the levels of risk associated with managing information within networked facilities; and to provide ongoing access to information for as long as it continues to retain its value.
See also Organization: IM Forum

Legal Deposit: Preserving Canada's Heritage
Library and Archives Canada
Legal Deposit is the means by which a comprehensive national collection is gathered together as a record of the nation's published heritage. Canadian publishers are required to send copies of all the materials they publish to the National Library of Canada.
See also Organization: Library and Archives Canada

A Metadata Approach to Preservation of Digital Resources: The University of North Texas Libraries' Experience
First Monday
Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, Samantha Kelly Hastings, and Cathy Nelson Hartman
August 2002
Preserving long-term access to digital information resources is one of the key challenges facing libraries and information centres today. This paper discusses the issues related to digital resources preservation and demonstrates the role of preservation metadata in facilitating the preservation activities in general. In particular, it describes the efforts being made by the University of North Texas libraries to ensure the long-term access and preservation of various digital information resources.
See also Organization: United States
See also IMRC - Metadata

Linking Collection Management Policy to Metadata for Preservation
University of Library and Information Science
Maria Luisa Calanag, Koichi Tabata and Shigeo Sugimoto
Presentation to Dublin Core 2002 Conference
PDF Format
This paper sets general guidelines to assist in selectively choosing digital resources which are of great need to collect and preserve. The objective of the guidelines is for metadata and mechanisms to be shared among digital archives, but policies can be tailored to the requirements of the organization.
See also Organization: Japan
See also IMRC - Metadata

CAMiLEON (Creative Archiving at Michigan & Leeds: Emulating the Old on the New)
The CAMiLEON Project is developing and evaluating a range of technical strategies for the long-term preservation of digital materials.  User evaluation studies and a preservation cost analysis are providing answers as to when and where these strategies will be used.
See also Organization: United States

Canadian Century Research Infrastructure
Institute of Canadian Studies
One of the most comprehensive humanities and social science research projects in Canadian history, the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure is a five-year pan-Canadian initiative to develop databases from manuscript census records for the 1911-1951 period. These databases will then be linked to other databases that cover the periods from 1871 to 1901 and from 1961 to 2001. The result will be a new foundation for the study of social, economic, cultural, and political change.
See also Organization: Institute of Canadian Studies

Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries
E-Preservation: Preserving Digital Information in Canada
E-preservation was developed through a co-operative effort between the National Library of Canada and the Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL). E-preservation is intended to provide Canadians with easy access to policies and research on the creation, use and preservation of digital collections. Included in this project are digital resources from libraries, archives and museums. The site focuses mainly on Canadian initiatives, and complements the international Web site Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI), produced by the National Library of Australia.
See also Organization: Library and Archives Canada

Clearing The Paper Mountain Pilot Project 
Grant Cranston (Health Canada)
Rhonda Healey (National Archives)
Presentation at IM Day 2002
September 13, 2002
Health Canada has a large backlog of corporate memory information resulting from a hold on the disposition of information put in place in 1996. The hold has recently been lifted leaving behind a "paper mountain" for the staff of Health Canada and their colleagues at the National Archives to deal with. Join us for a discussion about how these two departments are collaborating to address this challenge, what they have discovered and how your organization can benefit from the lessons learned.
See also Organization: Health Canada; Library and Archives Canada
See also IMRC - IM Day 2002; IMRC - Records and Document Management

Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI)
The Initiative's focus is to dramatically advance the means to collect, store, and organize information in digital forms, and make it available for searching, retrieval, and processing via communication networks -- all in user-friendly ways.
See also Organization: United States

Digital Preservation Coalition
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) was established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base.
See also Organization: United Kingdom

Digital Preservation Testbed
The goal of the Digital Preservation Testbed project is to guarantee the lasting accessibility of trustworthy government information in the digital era. The emphasis here is on the preservation of this information. The Testbed is researching three different approaches to long term digital preservation in particular: Migration, Emulation and XML. Not only will the effectiveness of each approach be evaluated, but also their limits, costs, and application potential.
See also Organization: Netherlands

E-Collection: Preserving Federal Publications for Long-Term Access
National Library of Canada
Francine Bédard and Fay Hjartarson
Presentation at IM Day 2002
September 13, 2002
Since 1994, the National Library has been collecting, organizing, and providing access to electronic publications created by federal departments. During this time the Library has established partnerships with 37 federal organizations, has collected over 6000 titles, and has created a guide to best practices for Canadian publishers. This session will provide you with an overview of this innovative project and describe the challenges currently being addressed.
See also Organization: Library and Archives Canada
See also IMRC - IM Day 2002; IMRC - Access to Information

ERPANET - Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network
The ERPANET project aims to establish an expandable and self-sustaining European Initiative, which will serve as a virtual clearinghouse and knowledge base in the area of preservation of cultural heritage and scientific digital objects. The dominant feature of ERPANET will be the exchanging of knowledge on state-of-the-art developments in digital preservation and the transfer of expertise among individuals and institutions.
See also Organization: Multinational Organizations

Information Infrastructures for Digital Preservation
Research Libraries Group
Conference
York, England
December 6, 2000
This conference examined current issues surrounding the preservation of digital materials, including perspectives of managing national digital collections, models for distributed digital archives, practical aspects of digital preservation, authenticity and authentication of digital preservation, collaborative efforts and information infrastructures.
See also Organization: United Kingdom
See also IMRC – Conferences and Events

InterPARES: International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
The InterPARES Project is a major international research initiative in which archival scholars, computer engineering scholars, national archival institutions and private industry representatives are collaborating to develop the theoretical and methodological knowledge required for the permanent preservation of authentic records created in electronic systems.
See also Organization: University of British Columbia

Long-term Retention of Digital Research Materials
Research Libraries Group (RGL)
This site includes links related to defining the attributes of a digital repository for research collections, developing preservation metadata for long-term retention, programs and papers from international conferences, as well as preservation and digital imaging publications and tools.
See also Organization: Multinational Organizations

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Library of Congress
The mission of this program is to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve the burgeoning amounts of digital content, especially materials that are created only in digital formats, for current and future generations.
See also Organization: United States

National Research Data Archive Consultation
In partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the National Archives of Canada undertook a consultation and investigation regarding the management and preservation of, and access to, social science and humanities research data in Canada. This consultation is being conducted by a Working Group of experts in the fields of social science and humanities research and data archiving.
See also Organization: Library and Archives Canada; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.
See also Organization: United States
See also IMRC - Metadata

Preservation Risk Management for Web Resources 
Cornell University
D-Lib Magazine
January 2002
This article describes current Web preservation efforts by libraries and archives and suggests how a new preservation strategy could use a risk management methodology. The approach begins with characterizing the nature of preservation risks in the Web environment, develops a methodology for establishing a preservation monitoring and evaluation program, and leads to the creation of management tools and policies.
See also Organization: United States

Bibliography of Standards and Selected References Related to Preservation in Libraries 
National Library of Canada
Compiled by Suzanne Dodson and Johanna Wellheiser
Last Revision: April 1996
The goal of this bibliography is to provide information to the library community and support for the application and development of standards relating to preservation. It is intended for use by anyone working in the field of library preservation.
See also Organization: Library and Archives Canada