ISBN:

• 9780810892071
• 0810892073

Description: pages cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Why use digital preservation?
• How do computers store information?
• Storing images
• Storing text
• Storing audio and video
• CDs, DVDs, and blu-ray
• Magnetic tape
• Hard drives
• Flash memory
• Cloud computing
• Equipment for digitizing and editing archival materials
• Metadata and accessing information
• Copyright law
• References
• Problems with digital preservation
• Putting it all together.

LCCN: 2014009307

Control Number: 997688

Series:

• Practical guides for librarians
• Practical guides for librarians ; 7
• Practical guides for librarians ; 7.

Subjects:

• Archival materials -- Conservation and restoration.
• Archival materials -- Digitization.
• Digital preservation.
• Electronic records -- Management.
• Records -- Management.