PANDORA Archive
PANDORA [new window] - Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia - is a national archive of Australian online publications and websites.
Background
The National Library of Australia established PANDORA in 1996, in response to the increasing occurrence of Australian information only being published online. PANDORA has since evolved in to a collaborative national undertaking, and currently ten Australian cultural collecting organisations contribute to the archive. In 2004, PANDORA was placed on the Memory of the World Australian Register [new window]
Our involvement
The State Library of Queensland has been an active participant since 2002, enhancing the Queensland content of the archive. Our participation in PANDORA:
- ensures that Queenslanders have an intermediary to archive Queensland websites so they are preserved for future generations
- provides selection guidelines which emphasise Queensland content and clarifies the areas State Library takes responsibility for; and
- ensures that the State Library meets its obligations with regards to the preservation and access of web-based legal deposit
Suggest a site
PANDORA contains a wide range of selected online resources. These include publications from government agencies, academic institutions and other publishers; the websites of numerous organisations and community groups; and sites covering various subject areas, interests and activities. Also included are political issues and election campaigns, festivals and events, and Australian personalities.
New resources are added to PANDORA selectively, with an emphasis on collecting and preserving publications and websites considered authoritative, significant and with long-term research value. Your suggestions are important to help ensure that Queensland websites are archived for future generations. Please consult the selection guidelines [new window 
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Accessing PANDORA
The PANDORA Archive is hosted by the National Library of Australia. Access is available directly through the PANDORA homepage [new window] or from links in State Library of Queensland catalogue records. See a range of the Queensland sites already archived by PANDORA.
More information
If you have an enquiry, you can contact us in any of the following ways:
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Telephone + 61 7 3840 7880
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Fax + 61 7 3842 9126
For general enquiries:
- Ask at your local Queensland public library
- Other libraries [new window]
Last updated: 16th December 2011
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