from The Guardian -
Zen and the art of online data
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Reconciling the diagrammatically opposite poles of access and preservation, the International Dunhuang Project (IDP) seeks to bring together institutions to work collaboratively. This would also ensure that digital copies are spread across a handful of locations, just in case.

Perhaps the idea of digital preservation is better understood in Europe and China:

"The IDP has been in talks with the Indian authorities for the past 10 years, but has met with countless bureaucratic obstacles. 'I am sure we will reach an agreement eventually,' she added."

This must qualify as the best example of long-term thinking (and perseverance) that I have come across for a while.
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