Preserving digital materials / Ross Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, D. R. (Douglas Ross), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media.

Digital preservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Munchen : K.G. Saur, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.

ISBN:

9786611995232

9781281995230

1281995231

9783598441080

3598441088

OCLC:

567903850