Preserving Digital Information

• Main Author: Gladney, Henry M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Library science.; Industrial management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computers and civilization.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Library Science.; Media Management.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Computers and Society.

Cultural history enthusiasts have asserted the urgent need to protect digital information from imminent loss. Without action, much of what has been created in digital form is likely to become unusable. Although a decade has already elapsed since this challenge was clearly articulated, nobody has des...

Table of Contents:

• Why We Need Long-term Digital Preservation
• State of the Art
• Economic Trends and Social Issues
• Information Object Structure
• to Knowledge Theory
• Lessons from Scientific Philosophy
• Trust and Authenticity
• Describing Information Structure
• Distributed Content Management
• Digital Object Formats
• Archiving Practices
• Everyday Digital Content Management
• Digital Object Architecture for the Long Term
• Durable Bit-Strings and Catalogs
• Durable Evidence
• Durable Representation
• Peroration
• Assessment and the Future.