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Digital Preservation

Digital Preservation

Stephan Strodl, Christoph Becker, Andreas Rauber
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781599048796|ISBN10: 1599048795|EISBN13: 9781599048802
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch044
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Strodl, Stephan, et al. "Digital Preservation." Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact, edited by Yin-Leng Theng, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 431-440. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch044

APA

Strodl, S., Becker, C., & Rauber, A. (2009). Digital Preservation. In Y. Theng, S. Foo, D. Goh, & J. Na (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact (pp. 431-440). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch044

Chicago

Strodl, Stephan, Christoph Becker, and Andreas Rauber. "Digital Preservation." In Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact, edited by Yin-Leng Theng, et al., 431-440. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch044

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Abstract

The rapid ongoing changes in software and hardware put digital information at risk. The challenge is to keep electronic data accessible, viewable, and usable for the future when the original software to interpret them has become unavailable. Digital preservation has thus turned into on of the most pressing challenges not only within the digital library community, but also in other areas such as archives and data centres. This chapter introduces the concepts and challenges in the field of digital preservation including the OAIS reference model. We give an overview about the projects and initiatives worldwide dealing with this challenge. We furthermore present preservation planning as a key concept at the heart of preservation endeavours in detail.

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