The cultural heritage preservation community now functions largely within the environment
of digital technologies. This article begins by juxtaposing definitions of the terms “digitization …

This new edition of Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most
current, complete guide to digital preservation available today. For administrators and …

The digitization of millions of books under programs such as Google Book Search and
Microsoft Live Search Books is dramatically expanding our ability to search and find …

Many people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the same time,
warnings of an impending" digital dark age"—where records of the recent past become …

The difficulty and expense of preserving digital information is a potential impediment to
digital library development. Preservation of traditional materials became more successful …

Digital preservation is an issue of huge importance to the library and information profession
right now. With the widescale adoption of the internet and the rise of the WWW, the world …

This chapter provides a foundation for understanding the preservation implications of digital
conversion projects. Following a brief description of the advantages and disadvantages of …

The 21-member Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information was formed in December
1994 and spent a year studying what is needed to make digital libraries stable, accessible …

Our cultural heritage is now taking digital form, whether born digital or born-again by
conversion to digital from other media. What will be the consequences of these changes in …

Digital preservation relies on technological infrastructure (information and communication
technology, ICT) that has considerable negative environmental impacts, which in turn …