The following is reposted for your information.
Iona McCraith
AAO Preservation Consultant

The June, 2002 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available at

 http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/
     (from North American, and other world sites) or

The June 2002 issue includes:

Volume 6, Number 2

Editors' Interview
The Internet Archive, an Interview with Brewster Kahle

Feature Article 1
Automated Digitisation of Printed Material for Everyone: The METADATA ENGINE
Project, by Gunter Muhlberger

Feature Article 2
Researching Long Term Digital Preservation Approaches in the
Digital Preservation Testbed (Dutch Testbed Digitale Bewaring),
by Maureen Potter

Highlighted Web Site
Chilling Effects: Monitoring the Legal Climate for Internet Activity

FAQ
Where Are They Now? Digitizing Microfilmed Newspapers, by Richard Entlich

RLG News
RLG and OCLC Joint Working Groups Release Two Final Reports



 RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly web-based newsletter intended to:

  *  Focus on issues of particular interest and value to managers of digital
initiatives with a preservation component or rationale.
 *  Provide filtered guidance and pointers to relevant projects to improve
our awareness of evolving practices in image conversion and digital
preservation.
 *  Announce publications (in any form) that will help staff attain a deeper
understanding of digital issues.


 For more information about RLG or RLG's preservation community,
please contact
 Robin L. Dale
RLG Member Programs & Initiatives
1200 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA  94041-1100

 Ph: (650) 691-2238
Fax:  650.964.0943
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