Live Memory. Digital Information Preservation: Proposal for Public Policies for South America, with focus on Argentina

SUSANA FINQUELIEVICH; CARLOS BRYS; ELIDA RODRIGUEZ

Moscu

Congreso; Conference “Preservation of Digital Information in the Information Society”; 2011

Information Programme for All - UNESCO

The main objective of this paper is to identify the current policies for digital material preservation in South America, with a particular focus on Argentina, and to make proposal for the development of national and macro-regional strategies and policies. This document is based on a collaborative research, which was carried on by way of a survey of relevant publications, both locally and internationally, complemented 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 Information Society 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.