Digital Library Development Review

With the passing of the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003 the National Library of New Zealand has been afforded the opportunity to look strategically at its approach to the management of electronic material through the development of a digital library for both born digital objects and digital objects created through the Library's digitisation programme. Through this work it has become clear that preservation of digital materials will be a significant new requirement within the Library. The purpose of the digital library review was to either validate current progress or highlight areas of deficiency in the Library's efforts to incorporate digital material into the Library's core business including their long term storage and preservation.