Australian-created electronic information: preservation issues and guidelines

Networked Information Resources:

“…The ephemeral nature of much electronic material (such as news groups) does, however, create a need to identify and, where appropriate, archive authoritative versions of electronic information (Peasley, 1993). Librarians have the training and skills to provide such custodianship.…”

“…They have the skills to build navigation tools for networked information resources in the same way that they develop navigation tools for published information in library catalogues and national bibliographies.As information management consultants , librarians can help network users build and maintain personal information systems that provide access to the subset of networked information resources relevant to each user′s work.As custodians of information , librarians are facing an apparent challenge to their role, as physical sources migrate into electronic form and on‐demand electronic delivery becomes more common. The ephemeral nature of much electronic material (such as news groups) does, however, create a need to identify and, where appropriate, archive authoritative versions of electronic information (Peasley, 1993). Librarians have the training and skills to provide such custodianship.As information providers or publishers , librarians can make available much more widely collections that can now only be used within a single physical library location.…”

“…As custodians of information , librarians are facing an apparent challenge to their role, as physical sources migrate into electronic form and on‐demand electronic delivery becomes more common. The ephemeral nature of much electronic material (such as news groups) does, however, create a need to identify and, where appropriate, archive authoritative versions of electronic information (Peasley, 1993). Librarians have the training and skills to provide such custodianship.…”