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- Digital Archiving
- The Library has been involved in archiving Australian online
publications since 1996 and has gained an international reputation in this
area.
- Digital
Preservation
- The purpose of this page is to provide information about the
National Library of Australias approaches to preserving its digital
collections and about its digital preservation activities.
- Digitisation
- The Library digitises all new picture acquisitions as well as
significant Australian books, serials, manuscripts, maps, printed music and
sound recordings.
- Infrastructure
- The Library engages in a range of activities to help develop
the Australian library and information infrastructure.
- Persistent Identifiers
- The Library is committed to the use of persistent identifiers
for the permanent naming of Internet resources.
- Preservation
- The Library has been actively involved with library
preservation for many years and has a firmly established international
reputation for excellence.
- Resource Sharing
- Through development of the Libraries Australia service the
Library supports cooperation and resource sharing within the Australian library
community.
- Rights Management
- The Library is engaged in a range of initiatives to ensure
preservation and access to library materials while protecting the rights of
creators and publishers.
- Subject Gateways
- The Library is a subject gateway owner in its own right and
plays a key role in the Australian Subject Gateways
Forum (ASGF).
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