[Air-L] [AIR-L] World-wide archiving projects?

[Florence Pelissier]

In France, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (French National Library) 
and the INA (National Institute of Audiovisual) have been working on  a 
project of legal registration (archiving)  of  the web since 1999 :
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/infopro/depotleg/dli_intro.htm#Experience
(it's in French : they explain the different methods they've been 
experimenting with).These institutions have been responsible for legal 
registration of all printed matter (BNF) and video and audio materials (INA) 
produced in France for years. They claim to have initiated the creation of 
the International Internet Preservation Consortium in 2003, thus described 
on its website ( http://www.netpreserve.org/about/index.php ) :

    "In July 2003 the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, 
Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), 
The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) acknowledged 
the importance of international collaboration for preserving Internet 
content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered the 
IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish 
the Consortium's goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years, 
during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions.

The goals of the consortium are:
  a.. To enable the collection, preservation and long-term access of a rich 
body of Internet content from around the world.
  b.. To foster the development and use of common tools, techniques and 
standards for the creation of international archives.
  c.. To be a strong international advocate for initiatives and legislation 
that encourage the collection, preservation and access to Internet content.
  d.. To encourage and support libraries, archives, museums and cultural 
heritage institutions everywhere to address Internet content collecting and 
preservation "
I don't know about any UN project, though.
Florence Pelissier-Bruno