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  3. Memory of the World

Memory of the World

What is Memory of the World?

UNESCO's project to select world-worthy documentary heritage sites every two years from 1997 to preserve and utilize valuable records from all over the world, including books, documents, and letters.

  • Name
    • Memory of the World
  • Goal
    • Help preserve valuable world-worthy documentary heritage through the most appropriate technology
    • To promote global awareness and preservation of the importance of heritage and to make it accessible to as many members of the public as possible through the promotion of record heritage projects and the application of new technologies
      ※ General Operational Guidelines for World Records Project: Preservation, Access, Distribution of delivered products, and Awareness
  • Definition of archival heritage
    • The collective record of peoples around the world and the evolutionary record of human thought, discovery, and achievement
    • Types : What is recorded in letters (books, manuscripts, posters, etc.), what is recorded in images or symbols (description, map, score, design drawings, etc.), inscriptions, audiovisual materials (music collection, movies, voice records, photos, etc.), Internet records, etc