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>Please circulate this announcement to other interested individuals >and organisations or lists as appropriate. > >Digital Collections:A strategic policy framework for creating and >preserving digital >resources >Version 3.1, 24/4/98 >First Public Consultation and Review Draft >Neil Beagrie and Daniel Greenstein >Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive > >The public consultation draft of this study is now available on the >web at <http://ahds.ac.uk/manage/framework.htm>.A final publication >draft is in progress. >Background > >The study is part of a programme funded by the Joint Information >Systems Committee (JISC)of the Higher Education sector in the UK, >following a workshop on the Long-term Preservation of Electronic >Materials held at Warwick in November 1995. > >The programme of studies is guided by the Digital Archiving Working >Group, composed of members from UK Higher Education Libraries, Data >Centres and Services; the British Library; the National Preservation >Office; the Research Libraries Group; and the Publishers' >Association. The Group reports to the Management Committee of the >National Preservation Office in the UK. The programme is administered >by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre. > >The study was based upon traditional desk-based research methods and >on fifteen structured interviews. Structured interviews, conducted in >person or over the phone or by email, involved senior data managers >and specialists working in organisations both in the UK and overseas >with experience in digitisation, data management or the long-term >preservation of digital information resources. Interviewees were >selected to provide a wide cross-section of experience of different >media types, and experience in different sectors such as national >museums, archives, and libraries; university computer centres and >data archives;scientific data centres; and research libraries. > > >Further review and consultation with professional organisations, >specialists and institutions with an interest in its contents is now > >being sought by placing the draft on the AHDS webpages and inviting >further input and comments via appropriate email-lists and >correspondence. > >The study has been researched and written by Neil Beagrie >(Collections and Standards Development Officer) and Daniel >Greenstein(Director) of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) >Executive. The AHDS is funded by JISC on behalf of the UK Higher >Education community to collect, manage, preserve, and promote the re-use >of scholarly digital resources. Further information on the >AHDS and its constituent Service Providers is available from the AHDS >website <http://ahds.ac.uk>. > >************************************************************************ >Neil Beagrie >Collections and Standards Officer >The Executive >Arts and Humanities Data Service >King's College London >Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK >************************************************************************ >