Published since March 26, 2013

Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C)

ISSN: 2195-2965

Editor-in-chief: Bogdan Trifunovic

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Objective
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C) is an international refereed journal of high scholarly standing which focuses on preserving digital content from a wide variety of perspectives, including technological, social, economic, political, and user. Its scope is global, covering projects and practices from key international players in the field.

The intended audiences for PDT&C are librarians, archivists, museum and other cultural heritage professionals, and educators. The goal of the journal is to provide a timely forum for refereed articles, news, and field notes from around the world.

In addition to the featured refereed articles, there is a section called Currents which contains news and commentary. Further contributions include invited articles, editorials, reviews, and position papers. High quality color illustrations will add to the informative value of the content.

All articles undergo a double-blind peer review process with at least two peer reviewers (at least one external).

Topics

Digital content preservation
Culture
Information science
Library science
Preservation and restoration
Communication science

Article formats
articles, editorials, reviews, commentaries, and position papers

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History

Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C) was formerly published as Microform & Digitization Review. The journal's backfiles can be found here

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Volume 51 Issue 4

December 2022

Publicly Available December 29, 2022

Frontmatter

Page range: i-iii

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Articles

December 29, 2022

Editor’s Introduction

Karen F. Gracy

Page range: 131-131

December 29, 2022

Personal Digital Archiving and Catastrophic Data Loss: Is it Getting Better?

Anthony Cocciolo, Morgan Yanni

Page range: 133-139

Abstract

Given the changing landscape of personal computing, this study asks: (1) has the occurrence of personal catastrophic data loss improved with the maturity of digital technology and services, and (2) have the reasons for data loss changed with the maturing of digital technology? These questions are addressed through a qualitative content analysis of N = 136 participant responses from 2013 to 2022 to a question about their personal experience of data loss. The study finds that there is no decline over time in participant’s experience of data loss, and the reasons for data loss continue to be varied. Losing digital information endures as an unpleasant experience for today’s computing users, and personal digital archiving ought to be introduced to young people early on to avoid learning about data loss “the hard way.”

December 29, 2022

Digital Curation and Contemporary Documentary Filmmaking

Heather L. Barnes

Page range: 141-154

Abstract

Documentary films have evolved considerably since 1922s Nanook of the North. Fans of nonfiction now stream multi-episode documentaries on platforms like Netflix or catch a feature at one of many documentary-centered film festivals around the world. Inexpensive video cameras and internet distribution have expanded the documentary film universe exponentially. From 1-min films to feature-length theater releases, moviegoers around the world have embraced this diverse and growing genre. To the benefit of aspiring filmmakers, documentaries can now be filmed on a wide array of digital video devices, including smartphones, and edited inexpensively. Given this abundance, it may seem counterintuitive that, from a preservation perspective, the documentary film genre faces substantial risks. Research indicates that independent filmmakers lack access to resources that would ensure the long-term stewardship of their works (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2012). This research project examines documentary film production through the lens of digital curation. It describes filmmakers’ data practices and proposes a data curation model designed to guide filmmakers and film archives in developing data management plans similar to those currently used by researchers in the sciences. The proposed data curation model reflects the influence of the growing research data management field and integrates components related to digital storage, copyright, publishing, context, and file organization.

Open Access December 29, 2022

Archiving Australian Media Arts: A Project Overview

Melanie Swalwell, Helen Stuckey, Denise de Vries, Cynde Moya, Candice Cranmer, Sharon Frost, Angela Goddard, Steven Miller, Carolyn Murphy, Nick Richardson

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This article presents an overview of the ARC Linkage Project “Archiving Australian Media Arts: Towards a method and a national collection,” which addresses the challenges of preserving digital media artworks that are stored on obsolete media and that require legacy computer environments to access. It lays out the challenges facing digital media arts, articulates the significance of the deposit of local media art organisation archives into the custody of major, jurisdictionally-appropriate cultural institutions, and details the selection of case studies for research from these organisations’ archives and other existing digital media art collections in our partner organisations’ custody. Case studies consist of the ANAT archive (formerly the Australian Network for Art and Technology), floppy disks from the Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski archive, Experimenta Media Art’s exhibition “Virtualities” (1995), dLux media art’s exhibition “Matinaze 97” (1997), and the Griffith University Art Museum’s collection of interactive CD-ROMs. The article reports on progress to date against two of the project’s aims, outlines the collective benefits to partners and to researchers of artworks and other materials from these archives being available, and indicates that access to born digital materials should improve in the near future with digital emulation infrastructure set to be built.

Volume 51 (2022)

Volume 50 (2021)

Volume 49 (2020)

Volume 48 (2019)

Volume 47 (2018)

Volume 46 (2017)

Volume 45 (2017)

Volume 44 (2015)

Volume 43 (2014)

Volume 42 (2013)

Cite Score	1.2
SCImago Journal Rank	0.251
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.959

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Call for Papers

Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture seeks original, scholarly articles that engage theoretical and practical perspectives on preservation, access, and use of digital content. We welcome a variety of analytic frameworks and methodologies, including empirical, critical, and case study approaches.

We are particularly interested in articles that touch upon the following areas, but the list is not exhaustive:　

Big/smart data approaches to preservation;

Cultural heritage informatics, including digital archives and libraries, and digital humanities;

Community archiving and preservation of digital heritage;

Use of digital technologies and cultural collections to empower Indigenous knowledge, decolonisation and identity;

Convergence of libraries, archives, and museums through information technologies such as digitization and linked data;

Creation, design, evaluation, and use of collections, records, data/metadata, and digital asset management systems for cultural heritage resources;

Digital preservation and curation;

Sustainability of preservation projects and programs;

Environmental impacts of preservation work;

Cultural perspectives of human-computer interaction;

Personal archiving of digital records and objects;

Uses/reuses and users of cultural heritage materials, including creation of exhibits, digital storytelling, and narratives.

We also welcome reports on current digital preservation projects, conferences and symposia, and research in progress, as well as reviews of relevant books and other resources.

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Please submit your manuscript online via our Online Submission Tool following the StyleSheet and Style Sheet Personal Pronouns
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In this journal, authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. Open Access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints.
Please note that authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement can publish open access without paying an article processing charge (APC). More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found under the "Funding and Support" tab here.

Editorial

Editor-in-Chief

Bogdan Trifunović, Čačak Public Library, Čačak, Serbia; btrifunovic@gmail.com

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Editorial Board

Edward Benoit, III, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; ebenoit@lsu.edu
Heather Brown, Artlab Australia, Adelaide, Australia; heather.brown@sa.gov.au
Huanwen Cheng, School of Information Management, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; cheng@mail.sysu.edu.cn　huanwen@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Adrian Cunningham, Archives Consultant, Australia; adriancunningham8@gmail.com
Jeanne Drewes, Cultural Heritage Consultant, USA; jdrewes3@gmail.com
Leisa Gibbons, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; leisa.gibbons@curtin.edu.au
Karen F. Gracy, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA; kgracy@kent.edu
Anthea Josias, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ajosias@gmail.com
Dinesh Katre, Department of Human-Centred Design and Computing Group at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune, India; dineshkatre2009@gmail.com
Alenka Kavĉiĉ-Colic, National and University Library Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; alenka.kavcic@nuk.uni-lj.si
Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, MA, USA; nancymcg@mit.edu
Irina Podgorny, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, National University of La Plata and Natural Science Facility and Museum of the National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina; Podgorny@retina.ar
Dr. Daisy Selematsela, Library and Information Services, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; daisy.selematsela@wits.ac.za
Tonia Sutherland, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; sutherland@gseis.ucla.edu

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Online ISSN: 2195-2965
Print ISSN: 2195-2957
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
First published: March 26, 2013
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year
Audience: Librarians, archivists, museum and other cultural heritage professionals, and educators