The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation /

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"Many people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the same time, warnings of an impending "digital dark age"--Where records of the recent past become completely lost or inaccessible--appear with regular frequency in the popular press. It's as if we need...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owens, Trevor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Digital preservation.
Digital libraries > Management.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Beyond digital hype and digital anxiety
  • Preservation's divergent lineages
  • Understanding digital objects
  • Challenges and opportunities of digital preservation
  • The craft of digital preservation
  • Preservation intent and collection development
  • Managing copies and formats
  • Arranging and describing digital objects
  • Enabling multimodal access and use
  • Conclusions: tools for looking forward.

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