Integrating Preservation Activities

Integrating Preservation Activities
Author:
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2002
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Includes preservation program descriptions, preservation policies and procedures, position descriptions, and staff and user education practices from a variety of research libraries.

Preservation Planning

Preservation Planning
Author: Sherelyn Ogden
Publisher: American Alliance of Museums
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Provides a sample plan, guidelines, checklist and a Microsoft Word diskette containing worksheets for long-range preservation planning.

Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries
Author: Wendy Pradt Lougee
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0974510904

Organizing Preservation Activities

Organizing Preservation Activities
Author: Association of Research Libraries
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

This resource guide considers issues in the staffing and organization of preservation activities. It provides guidance in implementing a systematic preservation program and evaluates the structures of various types of preservation programs. The following articles complement the discussion of program models and implementation: (1) "Preservation Program Models: A Study Project and Report" (Jan Merrill-Oldham, Carolyn C. Morrow, and Mark Roosa); (2) "The Politics and Management of Preservation Planning" (Karl G. Schmude); (3) "A Cost Model for Preservation: The Columbia University Libraries' Approach" (Carolyn Harris, Carol Mandel, and Robert Wolven); (4) "Staffing the Preservation Program" (Carolyn C. Morrow); (5) "Staffing Preservation-Related Activities in Libraries: A Checklist" (Michele Cloonan); (6) "Preservation Librarians" (Association of Research Libraries); (7) "ARL Preservation Statistics 1990-91" (Jutta Reed-Scott and Nicola Daval); (8) "Preservation Committee Charge" (Dartmouth College); (9) "Preservation Committee Charge" (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); (10) organization charts for eight major university libraries; (11) "NEH/ARL Preservation Planning Program Final Report" (University of Colorado at Boulder); (12) "Preservation Planning Project Study Team: Final Report" (Duke University); and (13) "A Preservation Program for Oklahoma State University Library" (Oklahoma State University). An annotated list of selected reading presents 11 additional sources. (SLD)

LC21

LC21
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-01-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0309171687

Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsâ€"not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age.

A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation

A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation
Author: Katherine Skinner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2010
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 098266530X

This volume is devoted to the broad topic of distributed digital preservation, a still-emerging field of practice for the cultural memory arena. Replication and distribution hold out the promise of indefinite preservation of materials without degradation, but establishing effective organizational and technical processes to enable this form of digital preservation is daunting. Institutions need practical examples of how this task can be accomplished in manageable, low-cost ways. This guide is written with a broad audience in mind that includes librarians, archivists, scholars, curators, technologists, lawyers, and administrators. Readers may use this guide to gain both a philosophical and practical understanding of the emerging field of distributed digital preservation, including how to establish or join a network.

Networking for Digital Preservation

Networking for Digital Preservation
Author: Ingeborg Verheul
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2006
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783598218477

General Analysis; Digital Repository; Preservation Strategies; Current Activities; Conclusion.

Preserving Digital Information

Preserving Digital Information
Author: Henry Gladney
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2007-03-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540378871

Cultural history enthusiasts have asserted the urgent need to protect digital information from imminent loss. This book describes methodology for long-term preservation of all kinds of digital documents. It justifies this methodology using 20th century theory of knowledge communication, and outlines the requirements and architecture for the software needed. The author emphasizes attention to the perspectives and the needs of end users.

Preservation in the Digital World

Preservation in the Digital World
Author: Paul Conway
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Commission on Preservation and Access
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This paper seeks to provide an intellectual rationale for maintaining the centrality of preservation concepts and ethics in an increasingly digital information environment; in other words, while some long-held principles of preservation management may no longer apply, many others are still viable in high-tech situations. Libraries are rearranging budgets and raising funds for digital image conversion. They must take steps to ensure long-term access to digital image files. The proposed context for preservation action, or conditions that need to exist as steps are taken, puts a premium on the library's sense of itself as custodian of materials with social value, an organizational structure that allocates resources to preservation, and cooperative effort among institutions. Preservation action should ultimately place priority on the longevity, choice or selectivity, quality, integrity, and accessibility of the images. The paper also offers suggestions for a framework of effective preservation leadership. (Contains 10 figures and 75 references.) (BEW)

Adaptive Co-Management

Adaptive Co-Management
Author: Derek Armitage
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0774859725

In Canada and around the world, new concerns with adaptive processes, feedback learning, and flexible partnerships are reshaping environmental governance. Meanwhile, ideas about collaboration and learning are converging around the idea of adaptive co-management. This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the core concepts, strategies, and tools in this emerging field, informed by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners with over two decades of experience. It also offers a diverse set of case studies that reveal the challenges and implications of adaptive co-management thinking.