The no-nonsense guide to born-digital content / Heather Ryan and Walker Sampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Heather, author.

Walker, Sampson, author.

Series:

No-nonsense guides (Facet Publishing)

No-nonsense guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic records.

Electronic records--Management.

Digital media.

Digital media--Management.

Digital electronics.

Digital electronics--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2018.

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive, entry-level guide for librarians and archivists who have found themselves managing or are planning to manage born-digital content. Libraries and archives of all sizes are collecting and managing an increasing proportion of digital content. Within this body of digital content is a growing pool of 'born-digital' content: content that has been created and has often existed solely in digital form. The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content explains step by step processes for developing and implementing born-digital content workflows in library and archive settings of all sizes and includes a range of case studies collected from small, medium and large institutions internationally.

Contents:

Digital information basics

Selection

Acquisition, accessioning and ingest

Description

Digital preservation storage and strategies

Access

Designing and implementing workflows

New and emerging areas in born-digital materials.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

ISBN:

9781783302567

1783302569