[Air-l] For immediate release: INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM

[jeremy hunsinger]

For immediate release:

	INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM

In acknowledgement of the importance of international collaboration for 
preserving internet content for future generations, the International 
Internet Preservation Consortium was formed in 2003.

Led by the Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Consortium also 
comprises National libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, 
Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library 
of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive.

The Consortium has identified a number of key objectives which inform 
and shape its work. These include:

- collaborative working, within each country's legislative framework, 
to identify, develop and facilitate implementation of solutions for 
selecting, collecting, preserving and providing access to internet 
content;

- facilitating international coverage of internet content archive 
collections within national legal frameworks and in accordance with 
individual national collection development policies;

- international advocacy for initiatives that encourage the collection, 
preservation and access to internet content.

To achieve these objectives, the Consortium will:

- provide a forum for sharing knowledge about internet content 
archiving both within the Consortium and beyond;
develop and recommend standards;

- develop interoperable tools and techniques to acquire, archive and 
provide access to web sites;

- raise awareness of internet preservation issues and initiatives 
through conferences, workshops, training events, publications, etc.

The detailed work of the Consortium will be carried out through working 
groups to define Policy, Requirements, Methods, Standards and Tools for 
Internet archiving. By this means projects will be developed and 
defined and will ultimately lead to the creation and provision of the 
necessary tools to fulfil the vision of universal coverage of internet 
archive collections.

More information can be found on the IIPC website: 
http://netpreserve.org

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Contact:
Julien Masanes
IIPC Programme Officer

Bibliotheque nationale de France
quai Francois Mauriac
75706 Paris cedex 13
Office: 33(0) 1 5379 8117
julien.masanes at netpreserve.org
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