TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harvey,D.R.
TI  - Preserving digital materials
SN  - 9783598116865
U1  - 025.84 23
PY  - 2005///.
CY  - München : 
PB  - K. G. Saur, 
KW  - Digital preservation
N1  - Contents;

Chapter 1: What is preservation in the digital age? Changing preservation paradigms 
Introduction 
Changing paradigms 
The need for a new preservation paradigm 
Changing definitions 
Preservation definitions in the digital world 
etc.

Chapter 2: Why do we preserve? Who should do it? 
Introduction 
Why preserve digital materials?
Professional imperatives 
Other stakeholders 
The extent of preservation problem 
etc.

Chapter 3: Why there's a problem : Digital artifacts and digital objects 
Introduction 
Modes of digital death 
Digital artifacts 
Digital objects - more than digital artifacts 

Chapter 4: Selection for preservation - The critical decision 
Introduction 
Selection for preservation, cultural heritage, and professional practice 
Selection criteria traditionally used by libraries 
Appraisal criteria traditionally used by archives 
etc.

Chapter 5: What attributes of digital materials do we preserve? 
Introduction 
Digital materials, technology and data 
The importance of preserving context 
The OAIS reference model 
The role of metadata 
etc.

Chapter 6: Overview of digital preservation strategies 
Introduction 
Historical overview 
Who is doing what? 
The Australian experience 
etc.

Chapter 7: 'Preserve technology' Approaches : Tried and tested methods 
Introduction 
'Non-solutions' 
'Preserve technology' approaches 

Chapter 8: 'Preserve objects' Approaches : New frontiers?
Introduction 
'Preserve objects' approaches 
Bit-stream copying, refreshing, and replication 
Standard data formats 
etc.

Chapter 9: Digital preservation initiatives and collaborations 
Introduction 
Collaboration 
Typologies of digital preservation initiatives 
International initiatives and collaborations 
etc.

Chapter 10: Challenges for the future of digital preservation 
Introduction 
What have we learned so far?
Four major challenges 
Research and digital preservation
; Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -