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Personal archiving : preserving our digital heritage / edited by Donald T. Hawkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Personal archives.
- Archival materials--Conservation and restoration.
- Archival materials.
- Archival materials--Digitization.
- Digital preservation.
- Records--Management.
- Records.
- Electronic records--Management.
- Electronic records.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the emerging field of personal archiving. It covers a range of topics such as: archiving individual and family histories; services and software products; social media and email applications; legal issues; evolving formats and media considerations; academic research projects; Library of Congress initiatives; the role of the Internet Archive; research at Microsoft; and case studies of digital archiving in practice.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Personal Digital Archives: What They Are, What They Could Be, and Why They Matter
- Chapter 2: Personal Archiving for Individuals and Families
- Chapter 3: The Library of Congress and Personal Digital Archiving
- Chapter 4: Software and Services for Personal Archiving
- Chapter 5: Digital Inheritance: Tackling the Legal and Practical Issues
- Chapter 6: Social Media, Personal Data, and Reusing Our Digital Legacy
- Chapter 7: Reading Ben Shneiderman's Email: Identifying Narrative Elements in Email Archives
- Chapter 8: Faculty Members as Archivists: Personal Archiving Practices in the Academic Environment
- Chapter 9: Landscape of Personal Digital Archiving Activities and Research
- Chapter 10: Active Personal Archiving and the Internet Archive
- Chapter 11: Our Technology Heritage
- Chapter 12: New Horizons in Personal Archiving: 1 Second Everyday, myKive, and MUSE
- Chapter 13: The Future of Personal Digital Archiving: Defining the Research Agendas
- About the Contributors. About the Editor
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781573877299
- 1573877298
- OCLC:
- 860712077
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