Practical Digital Preservation: A How-To Guide for Organizations of Any Size

摘要

While the literature in the area of digital preservation is rich, Practical Digital Preservation: A How-To Guide for Organizations of Any Size distinguishes itself from the more recent literature by providing extensive and easy-to-follow directions at a very practical level for digital preservation implementers. As a developer and custodian of a digital archive, I greatly appreciate this approach. The book provides, in simple, practical steps for archivists, librarians, records managers, and anyone else interested in digital preservation, all they need to know about establishing a digital preservation program. It will assuage worries about not having everything perfectly in place from the very beginning or not having the answers to all the technical challenges that one might encounter. Moreover, the book shows that the lack of one perfect solution does not mean that we should not start the process of moving toward digital preservation.