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Please see Talk:National Library of Australia/Usage of NLA Images regarding Library images found on wikipedia. Timeshift 05:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Off-topic external links

Skeezix1000 persuaded me that off-topic external links like the ones below were an unhelpful addition to Library and Archives Canada (LAC); and consequently, I've moved them from the NLA article as well -- see Talk:Library and Archives Canada#Off-topic external links.

• NLA National Preservation Office---> NLA Preservation Policy & Planning
  • British Library (BL), BL National Preservation Office
  • Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (LAC/BAC), LAC Gatineau Preservation Centre, BAC Centre de préservation de Gatineau (français)
  • National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ), NLNZ National Preservation Office
  • Library of Congress (LOC), LOC Preservation Directorate

In this context, I see the following citation as plausibly relevant to improved articles about ANL, LAC, etc.:

The need for national entities like the National Preservation Office (NPO) in the British Library has been documented in surveys conducted by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Preservation & Conservation and by the Ligue Internationale des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherches. Other than the United Kingdom, at least seven other countries have set up an entity similar to the NPO, including Canada and New Zealand.<:ref>[:http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63foom.htm Foot, Mirjam. (1997) "Paper: Towards a National Preservation Policy,"] 63rd IFLA General Conference (Copenhagen).<:/ref>

Nevertheless, Skeezix1000 has convinced me that adding off-topic external links was an unworkable gesture. Maybe there is still some way to build on misplaced good intentions ...? --Tenmei (talk) 02:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)