In a crisis, the duty to document is not diminished: on the contrary it becomes more essential. That’s the joint key message set before policy makers, funders and opinion formers around the world in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic by a group of key organisations including the International Council on Archives, International Council of Information Commissioners, ARMA, CODATA, Research Data Alliance, UNESCO, the World Data System and the Digital Preservation Coalition.
The statement is a call to action on governments, businesses, and research institutions around the world to document their decisions and transactions now and for the future:
- Decisions must be documented
- Records and data should be secured and preserved in all sectors
- The security, preservation and access to digital content should be facilitated during the shutdown
View the full text of this joint statement and also with translation in French.
