Aims and Scope
This book provides a single-volume introduction to the principles, strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and recordkeeping professionals to the critical issue of preservation of digital information. It incorporates practice from both the recordkeeping and the library communities, taking stock of current knowledge about digital preservation and describing recent and current research, to provide a framework for reflecting on the issues that digital preservation raises in professional practice.
Supplementary Information
- x, 251 pages
- DE GRUYTER SAUR
- Language:
- English
- Type of Publication:
- Specialist Text
- Keywords:
- Archiving, Preservation, Digital Media
- Subjects
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Libraries, Information and Documentation
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Archives and Museums
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Libraries, Information and Documentation
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Archives and Museums
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Libraries, Information and Documentation
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Archives and Museums
This is an excellent introduction to the digital preservation field, and main concepts that archivists and librarians need to know. It's a shame that DeGruyter can't keep enough copies available at their U.S. distributor, though. It makes it difficult to use as a textbook for a course, given that it is never in stock and always needs to be backordered. Perhaps encourage purchase of the e-book instead, because you'll be lucky to ever lay your hands on a physical copy!
posted by: Karen Gracy on 2013-02-15 09:53 PM (Europe/Berlin)
Hi Ms. Gracy, My name is Lindsey Graf, I oversee the inventory levels at the De Gruyter US warehouse. Thank you for your feedback regarding this title. We have recently re-adapted our reprint and reorder procedure here in the Americas. We will be sure to provide stock for this title quickly. All the best, Lindsey Graf Operations Associate De Gruyter, Inc.
posted by: Lindsey Graf Operations Associate De Gruyter USA on 2013-02-20 08:37 PM (Europe/Berlin)