UNESCO Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form

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The UNESCO Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form is an international normative instrument that guides states and institutions in safeguarding, managing, and ensuring public access to documentary heritage in both analog and digital formats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO recommendation
international normative instrument
soft law instrument
adoptedBy General Conference of UNESCO
surface form: UNESCO General Conference
adoptionDate 2015-11-17
adoptionYear 2015
aim to encourage public domain and open access where appropriate
to guide Member States in preserving documentary heritage
to promote access to documentary heritage
to support sustainable digital preservation strategies
appliesTo private sector documentary heritage of public interest
public sector documentary heritage
author UNESCO
emphasizes long-term accessibility of digital materials
respect for human rights and privacy in access policies
risk management and disaster preparedness for collections
use of appropriate standards and metadata for digital objects
encourages adequate funding for documentary heritage institutions
development of national policies on documentary heritage
international cooperation in documentary heritage preservation
legislative and regulatory frameworks for preservation and access
professional training and capacity-building in preservation
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatus non-binding
placeOfAdoption Paris
publisher UNESCO
relatedProgramme Memory of the World Programme
surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
scope analog documentary heritage
digital documentary heritage
sessionOfAdoption General Conference of UNESCO
surface form: 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference
shortName UNESCO Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form self-linksurface differs
surface form: UNESCO Recommendation on Documentary Heritage 2015
subject access to information
archives management
cultural heritage preservation
digital heritage
digital preservation
documentary heritage
libraries and documentation centres
memory institutions
targetAudience UNESCO Member States
archives
libraries
museums
other memory institutions
url https://unesdoc.unesco.org

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