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MOD Films archived

The National Library of Australia contacted us this week to seek permission to archive the MOD Films website in its PANDORA Archive. Better get around to launching this thing!

-----Original Message-----
From: Digital Archiving Section [mailto:webarchive@nla.gov.au]
Sent: 07 November 2005 02:24
To: reception@modfilms.com
Cc: lucyvoloi@hotmail.com
Subject: National Library of Australia seeking permission to archive MOD Films website

Michela Ledwige
MOD Films

7 November 2005

Dear Ms Ledwige

Request for permission to archive the
MOD Films website
at
http://modfilms.com

The National Library of Australia aims to build a comprehensive
collection of Australian publications to ensure that Australians have
access to their documentary heritage now and in the future. The Library
has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to
preserving electronic publications of lasting cultural value.

PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive, was set up by the Library in 1996 to
enable the archiving and provision of long-term access to online
Australian publications. Since then we have been identifying online
publications and archiving those that we consider have national
significance. Additional information about PANDORA can be found on the
Library's server at: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/index.html

We would like to include the MOD Films website in the PANDORA Archive
and I would be grateful if you would let me know whether you are willing
to permit us to do so, that is, grant us a licence under the Copyright
Act 1968, to copy the publication into the Archive and to provide public
online access to it via the Internet. This means that you would grant
the Library permission to retain the publication in the Archive and to
provide public access to it in perpetuity.

If you are willing to grant us such a licence, please complete the short
form at the end of this message and return it to me.

There are some benefits to you as a publisher in having the publication
archived by the Library. If you grant us a copyright licence, the
Library will take the necessary preservation action to keep the
publication accessible as hardware and software changes over time. The
Library will catalogue the publication and add the record to the
National Bibliographic Database (a database of catalogue records shared
by over 1,100 Australian libraries), as well as to our own online
catalogue. This will increase awareness of the publication among
researchers using libraries.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me, Edgar
Crook, by telephone on 02 6262 1618 or by email ecrook@nla.gov.au.
Should you find me difficult to contact for any reason, Paul Koerbin
would also be happy to assist you. His phone number is 02 6262 1411 and
his email address is pkoerbin@nla.gov.au.

Yours sincerely

Edgar Crook

Librarian
Digital Archiving Section
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600

PH. +61 2 6262 1618
Fax +61 2 6273 4322
Email ecrook@nla.gov.au

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I/We grant the National Library of Australia a licence under the
Copyright Act 1968 to copy the publications of the MOD Films website
into the PANDORA Archive. I understand that this licence permits the
Library to retain and provide public online access to it in perpetuity
and that the Library may make reproductions or communications of my
publication as are reasonably necessary to preserve it and make it
available to the public.

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Posted by .M. at November 7, 2005 11:37 PM