: Douglas Ross Harvey
: Preserving Digital Materials
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783598441080
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: CHF 186.30
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: Kommunikationswissenschaft
: English
: 262
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< >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.

Frontmatter1
Contents5
Preface11
Chapter 1. What is Preservation in the Digital Age? Changing Preservation Paradigms17
Chapter 2. Why do we Preserve? Who Should do it?33
Chapter 3. Why There’s a Problem: Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects51
Chapter 4. Selection for Preservation – The Critical Decision69
Chapter 5. What Attributes of Digital Materials Do We Preserve?91
Chapter 6. Overview of Digital Preservation Strategies115
Chapter 7. ‘Preserve Technology’ Approaches: Tried and Tested Methods133
Chapter 8. ‘Preserve Objects’ Approaches: New Frontiers?151
Chapter 9. Digital Preservation Initiatives and Collaborations173
Chapter 10. Challenges for the Future of Digital Preservation197
Appendix: Case Studies215
Backmatter237