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- | ====== European Commission adops Recommendation ====== | + | ====== European Commission adopts Recommendation ====== |
The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on Digitization and Digital Preservation. | The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on Digitization and Digital Preservation. | ||
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Member States are asked to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve private actors in digitizing cultural material and making it available through [[http://www.europeana.eu|Europeana]]. | Member States are asked to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve private actors in digitizing cultural material and making it available through [[http://www.europeana.eu|Europeana]]. | ||
- | The Recommendation aims at an increase of the objects in [[http://www.europeana.eu|Europeana]] from currently 19 million to 30 million. To achieve this Member States shall develop plans and involve the private sector in digitizing cultural material. | + | The Recommendation aims at an increase of the objects in [[http://www.europeana.eu|Europeana]] from currently 19 million to 30 million. To achieve this Member States shall develop plans and to adapt national legislation and strategies to ensure the long-term preservation of digital materials. |
For more information please see the [[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1292|press release]]. | For more information please see the [[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1292|press release]]. |