DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa, South Africa
Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) is a non – profit making initiative for co-operation among research libraries and archives in Southern Africa, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The aim of DISA is to make Southern African material of high socio – political interest, which would otherwise be difficult to locate and use, accessible to scholars and researchers worldwide. DISA will undertake digital imaging projects in Southern Africa, which will result in this important historical material becoming universally accessible, while at the same time developing knowledge and expertise in digital imaging technology in the library and archival community in the region.
UNESCO recently funded a study of the current digital preservation practices and policies in public and public-supported institutions in three African countries, viz. Botswana, Ethiopia and South Africa.
The South African research team, led by Dr Dale Peters of DISA, contributed to a comparative analysis of the situation regarding preservation of information in the respective countries, regarding both traditional and digital options.
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