20 Oct
2008
20 Oct
'08
1:07 p.m.
While I'm sure the good people at Natlib are on top of it, but seeing as this is being discussed to the n'th degree. My question would be, who will hold this archived material long term ? I sincerely hope it will be physically (and diversely) stored and served in New Zealand not stored at a faceless overseas company that can change ownership, collapse or be otherwise invaded. If we are paying to have this material preserved (which IMHO is entirely appropriate), it needs to be here in a government owned (or suitably contracted and legally covered private) repository. This is the only way to ensure that it will survive long term.