| The National Library of Australia aims to build a comprehensive collection of Australian publications to ensure that Australians have access to their documentary heritage now and in the future. The Library has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to preserving electronic publications of lasting cultural and research value.
PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive, was set up by the Library in 1996 to enable the archiving and provision of long-term access to online Australian publications. Since then we have been identifying online publications and archiving those that we consider have national significance. Additional information about PANDORA can be found on the Library's server at: pandora.nla.gov.au/index.html
We would like to include the Mound & Mt Kosciuszko Festival website in the PANDORA Archive and I would be grateful if you would let me know whether you are willing to permit us to do so, that is, grant us a licence under the Copyright Act 1968, to copy your publications into the Archive and to provide public online access to it them via the Internet. This means that you would grant the Library permission to retain your publications in the Archive and to provide public access to them in perpetuity.
If you are willing to grant us such a licence, please complete the short form at the end of this message and return it to me.
There are some benefits to you as a publisher in having your publications archived by the Library. If you grant us a copyright licence, the Library will take the necessary preservation action to keep your publications accessible as hardware and software changes over time.
The Library will catalogue your publications and add the records to the National Bibliographic Database (a database of catalogue records shared by over 1,100 Australian libraries), as well as to our own online catalogue. This will increase awareness of your publications among researchers using libraries.
Edgar Crook , Senior Librarian Web Archiving Section,
National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600.
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PS. March 20th 2008:
Thank you for granting the National Library of Australia a copyright licence to include your website in the PANDORA Archive. As agreed this licence permits the Library to copy your publication into the Archive and to retain that copy and provide online public access to it in perpetuity.
I am delighted to inform you that your publication is now publicly available in the PANDORA Archive at nla.gov.au/nla.arc-82383
Access to your publication in the Archive is facilitated in two ways: via the Library’s online catalogue; and via subject and title lists maintained on the PANDORA home page pandora.nla.gov.au/index.html.
I would welcome any comments you may have regarding the presentation of your publication in the archive and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Edgar Crook
Senior Librarian Web Archiving Section
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph 02 6262 1618 & Fx 02 6273 4322
ecrook@nla.gov.au
pandora.nla.gov.au
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