[LINK] Preservation of Data [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Tom Worthington]

At 09:33 AM 3/04/2007, Evan.ARTHUR at Dest.gov.au wrote:
>The issue of preservation of data is becoming a major issue in 
>research land.   ...

Preservation of data is also an issue in the public service. National 
Archives of Australia asked the ANU to provide courses for public 
servants on what to do with digital data. This resulted in "System 
Approach to Management of Government Information" 
<http://engnet.anu.edu.au/DEpeople/Zbigniew.Stachurski/recordkeeping.pdf>.

This should also be of use to research organisations, particularly 
those subject to the state and federal archive laws. Researchers at 
government organisations need to keep in mind that unauthorized 
deletion of data is not just unfortunate: it is a crime.



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