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Preserving government information : past, present, and future / by James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs.

Van Pelt Library KF5752.5 .J33 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jacobs, James A. (James Asbury), 1950- Author.
Jacobs, James R. (James Robertson), 1965- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Government information--United States--Data processing.
Government information.
Government publications--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Government publications.
Government information--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Electronic information resources--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Electronic information resources.
Electronic government information--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Electronic government information.
Digital preservation.
Government publications--Conservation and restoration.
United States.
Physical Description:
441 pages illustrations 23 cm
illustrations.
Place of Publication:
San Diego ; San Francisco : FreeGovInfo Press, [2025]
Summary:
"This textbook examines the preservation of government published information. It describes how paper-era policies affect digital preservation, it analyzes publishing and preservation data to characterize the current gaps in digital preservation, and it suggests the creation of a distributed digital preservation infrastructure for government information"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part one: Context Why preserve government information?
What is information?
What is government information?
What is preservation? Part two: Where are we and how did we get here?
The laws of preservation
Federal government public information on the web
GPO's govinfo
Web harvesting
GPO web harvesting
NARA web harvesting
LC web harvesting
Comparing two harvests
Gaps in preservation Part three: Preservation infrastructures
Infrastructures
OAIS
Characteristics of digital information
Assumptions Part four: A digital preservation infrastructure
Barriers and opportunities
Elements of an infrastructure
An open framework for digital preservation
A distributed OAIS
Many roles
Transition
Conclusions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-439).
ISBN:
9798218669317
OCLC:
1520331480
Publisher Number:
90104330459

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