Preserving digital materials, 3rd edition

摘要

The growing body of literature on digital preservation has not recently included a theory-based overview monograph, with mostly practical or material-specific works being published in the past five years. Harvey and Weatherburn provide a "conceptual framework for reflection on digital preservation" that incorporates academic theory as well as perspectives from practitioners in this third edition of Preserving Digital Materials. This handbook is aimed not just at informational professionals, but at anyone interested in digital preservation. Indeed, a theme of this new edition is that many new stakeholders outside the traditional world of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums are now engaged in the work of digital preservation. The book is organized into four parts covering why, what, and how materials are digitally preserved, as well as collaboration and the future of the field. The 4 parts are divided into 10 chapters with notes, and the book ends with a bibliography of resources grouped for easy identification to encourage further reflection and research. The index is thorough. The authors comprehensively approach the topic and have added many new literature references since the second edition. Also, new to this edition is a practitioner perspective; the first two editions were authored by only Mr. Harvey. Throughout the book, the authors balance the academic and practitioner perspective to provide a comprehensive and modern view of the field's concerns.