Preservation of Information: Past, Present, Future

On the multifaceted problem of preserving electronic information. The experience of the past to preserve the printed information on paper is analyzed. At present the whole information environment has become more complex and diverse, a lot of new kinds and types of information and its mediums have been appeared, but the philosophy and realistic purposes of long-term preservation of digital information is still missing. The author highlights that the preservation of electronic information can be achieved only through effective policy and successive actions at global and national levels. The primary task of preserving electronic information resources are defined in the paper.

Information Preservation, Electronic Information Resources, Analog Media, Memory Institutions, National Programme on Preservation of Library Collections, Functions of Libraries, Crisis of Book Depositories, Information Policy, Creation of Information Society