Talk:British Library Preservation Advisory Centre

Deliberate redundancy

The list of NPO supporters includes:

• (a) an internal link to the Wikipedia article about the institution -- clicking on the full name of the institution
• (b) an internal link to the Wikipedia article about the institution -- clicking on the acronym
• (c) an external link to the institution's web page

In my view, the redundancy of the first two links is sensible. In addition to providing clickable access to the related page, the blue color informs the reader that the acronym link can be used in future if needed. I think this presents a reasonable exception to conventional practice which tends to disfavor redundancies.

In this context, my question becomes: If this does not represent something good, why not? --Ooperhoofd (talk) 20:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

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 NPO article as well -- see Talk:Library and Archives Canada#Off-topic external links.

• British Library (BL), BL National Preservation Office
  • National Library of Australia (NLA), NLA National Preservation Office ---> NLA Conservation Policy & Planning
  • 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 the NPO, 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) 01:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Tidying

I've renamed the article to British Library Preservation Advisory Centre (following the 2009 rename) and corrected a couple of external links - it seemed non-controversial enough to just go ahead! Please let me know if any objections. Andrew Gray (talk) 15:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Updating links

I work for the Preservation Advisory Centre. I noticed that a few of the links were outdated and leading to error pages so have just updated them. Hope that's alright. --Shimeiz (talk) 14:53, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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