Preserving digital materials / Ross Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Current topics in library and information practice.

Current topics in library and information practice, 2191-2742

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital preservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a single-volume introduction to the principles, strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and recordkeeping professionals to the critical issue of preservation of digital information. It incorporates practice from both the recordkeeping and the library communities, taking stock of current knowledge about digital preservation and describing recent and current research, to provide a framework for reflecting on the issues that digital preservation raises in professional practice.

Contents:

What is preservation in the digital age? : changing preservation paradigms

Why do we preserve? : who should do it?

Why there's a problem : digital artifacts and digital objects

Selection for preservation : the critical decision

What attributes of digital materials do we preserve?

Overview of digital preservation strategies

"Preserve technology" approaches : tried and tested methods

"Preserve objects" approaches : new frontiers?

Digital preservation initiatives and collaborations

Challenges for the future of digital preservation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613400291

9781283400299

1283400294

9783110253696

3110253690

OCLC:

769343084