Investing in Future: Digital Information Preservation Proposal of Public Policies for South America

FINQUELIEVICH SUSANA; ELIDA RODRIGUEZ

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

DESIDOC

Lugar: Delhi; Año: 2012 vol. 32 p. 313 - 320

0976-4658

The goal of this paper is to identify the current policies for the preservation of digital information in South America, and to contribute proposals for the development of national and macro-regional strategies and policies. This document is based on a collaborative research, carried on by way of a survey of relevant publications, both locally and internationally, completed with interviews with key informers. The research has implied reviewing relevant existing documents in the field of information society planning, legislation, policies and declarations; diverse countries’ expertise in the field of information society planning and legislation regarding the preservation of digital information (explicit national digital agendas; national, regional and local informationsociety policies; national and regional legislative measures; etc.); and relevant national and international documents in the field of preservation of digital information planning, legislation, policies and declarations.