Part I. Why do we preserve digital materials? -- Preservation in the digital age -- The need for digital preservation -- Part II. What digital materials are we preserving? -- Digital artifacts, digital objects, storage -- Selection for preservation -- Requirements for successful digital preservation -- Part III. How do we preserve digital materials? -- Digital preservation strategies I -- Digital preservation strategies II -- Case studies -- Part IV. Collaboration and the future -- Digital preservation initiatives -- The future of digital preservation.
Summary:
"This is a concise handbook and reference for a wide range of stakeholders who need to understand how preservation works in the digital world. It describes the increasing importance of the role of new participants in digital preservation activities and can be used both as a textbook for teaching digital preservation and as a guide for the implementation of digital preservation methods and practices. Its synthesis of current information, research, and perspectives on digital preservation from a wide range of sources across many areas of practice will be of interest to those concerned with digital preservation. It can be used by preservation administrators, educators, and managers who want a professional reference text; information professionals who want to reflect on the issues that digital preservation raises in their professional practice; and students in the field of digital preservation"-- Provided by publisher.
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