Preserving Digital Materials.
Title:
Preserving Digital Materials.
Author:
Harvey, Douglas Ross.
ISBN:
9783598441080
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. What is Preservation in the Digital Age? Changing Preservation Paradigms -- Chapter 2. Why do we Preserve? Who Should do it? -- Chapter 3. Why There's a Problem: Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects -- Chapter 4. Selection for Preservation - The Critical Decision -- Chapter 5. What Attributes of Digital Materials Do We Preserve? -- Chapter 6. Overview of Digital Preservation Strategies -- Chapter 7. 'Preserve Technology' Approaches: Tried and Tested Methods -- Chapter 8. 'Preserve Objects' Approaches: New Frontiers? -- Chapter 9. Digital Preservation Initiatives and Collaborations -- Chapter 10. Challenges for the Future of Digital Preservation -- Appendix: Case Studies -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
This book provides a single-volume introduction to the principles, strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and record keepers to the preservation of digital information. Also included are case studies of practice from the library, record keeping, audiovisual archiving, data archiving and geospatial communities.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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