"Aber," so erklärt der BNF-Präsident, "alle schriftlichen Dokumente sollten eines Tages digital verfügbar sein.“ Nicht digitalisierte Dokumente und Sprachen, die nicht in Digitalisierung investieren, würden marginalisiert.
Previously called: "IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS)"
ICADS is a joint alliance of IFLA and the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). The alliance was established in August 2008 as a successor to ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards) which was established as a national libraries initiative in 2003.
When setting up the e-Depot in 2003, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek/National Library of the Netherlands (KB) created two separate organisational units: the e-Depot Department which is responsible for the operational management of the repository, and a separate Digital Preservation Department to carry out research and development. These research tasks include technology watch, (inter)national collaboration and the study of all preservation aspects in relation to the e-Depot, such as metadata, file format research, ingest control and the development of strategies for permanent access.