Preservation of Information: Past, Present and Future [End]

The article is devoted to the multidimensional problem of preservation of electronic information. There is analyzed the experience of the past to preserve the printed information on paper. At present all the information environment has become more complex and diverse, a lot of new kinds and types of information and its media have appeared; however, the philosophical basis and realistic objectives for the long-term preservation of digital information are still missing. It is highlighted that the preservation of electronic information can be achieved only through forming and implementation of effective targeted policy and sustained activities at global and national levels. There were defined the first priority tasks for preservation of electronic information resources.

Information Preservation, Electronic Information Resources, Analog Media, Memory Institutions, National Program on Preservation of Library Collections, Library Missions, Crisis of Book Depositories, Information Policy, Building of Information Society