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Exploring the Roles of Digitisation and Microfilming in Preserving Australian Newspapers for Permanent Access


Creation of derivatives for delivery to user (automated).
Online storage for derivatives and working space
Offline storage for masters and preservation
Undoubtedly, Australian libraries will implement a variety of approaches for the various ‘states of beingin which their newspapers exist. These states of being include aspects such as levels of use, levels of fragility, whether the newspapers have been microfilmed to preservation standard already or not, and the age of the newspaper. These states have their associated imperatives, which, together with cost information, will influence decisions which are made about how to provide permanent access.
With an awareness that all newspapers, at one stage or another, will exist in digital form, ANPlan libraries are keen to explore all options, including the possibility of collecting pre- press electronic versions of newspapers for preservation purposes . Already twelve publishers of South Australian newspapers have expres ....

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