Cultural heritage professionals – museum curators, museum professionals, archivists and librarians – work with their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers draw on experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management and more in developing the large overview of a collection and its needs. And all the special materials within the collections have their experts too. Here, in one volume, is a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation students as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals—particularly those in small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited and professional help is not always at hand. The editors introduce the reader to the essential tools and principles of a preservation management program in the twenty-first century, addressing the realities of diverse collections and materials, and embracing the challenges of working with both analog and digital collections. The sections on planning and managing a preservation program contain the basic starting point for any kind of collection, regardless of size and content. Written with the small collection in mind, the principles are nevertheless scalable and widely applicable.

The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st-Century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Politics & Social Sciences

Harvey, Ross

Mahard, Martha R.

Social Sciences

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

As an in-depth explanation of the entire digital curation lifecycle, from creation to appraisal to preservation to organization/access to transformation, the first edition of this text set a benchmark for both thoroughness and clarity. Boasting the expert guidance of international authorities Oliver and Harvey, this revamped and expanded edition widens the scope to address continuing developments in the strategies, technological approaches, and activities that are part of this rapidly changing field. In addition to current practitioners, those pursuing a career as librarian, archivist, or records manager will find this definitive survey invaluable. Filled with up-to-date best practices, it covers such important topics as the scope and incentives of digital curation, detailing Digital Curation Centre’s (DCC) lifecycle model as well as the Data Curation Continuum; key requirements for digital curation, from description and representation to planning and collaboration; the value and utility of metadata; considering the needs of producers and consumers when creating an appraisal and selection policy for digital objects; the paradigm shift by institutions towards cloud computing and its impact on costs, storage, and other key aspects of digital curation; the quality and security of data; new and emerging data curation resources, including innovative digital repository software and digital forensics tools; mechanisms for sharing and reusing data, with expanded sections on open access, open data, and open standards initiatives; and processes to ensure that data are preserved and remain usable over time.Useful as both a teaching text and day-to-day working guide, this book outlines the essential concepts and techniques that are crucial to preserving the longevity of digital resources.

Digital Curation

Oliver, Gillian

Reference

ALA Neal-Schuman

An international selection of writings chosen to illustrate the arguments of Preservation in Libraries: Principles, Strategies and Practices (632-1, $50). Written by librarians for librarians, the readings provide access to the knowledge, theories, and experience of preservation experts throughout the library and information science world. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Preservation in Libraries: A Reader (Topics in Library and Information Studies)

Catalogs & Directories

K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co

A comprehensive guide to integrating preservation policy into all aspects of library management, for both practicing and student information specialists. It covers all aspects of preservation from the causes of the problem, to disaster preparedness, to the latest preservation technologies. The emphasis is on the preventive aspects of preservation how to stop the deterioration problem before it starts. A companion volume, Preservation in Libraries: A Reader (608-9, $50), is also available. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Preservation in Libraries: Principles, Strategies and Practices for Librarians (Topics in Library and Information Studies)

"Times" Best of the Best County Guides

Oyster Mapping Ltd

The "Times" Best of the Best County Guides: Cumbria

Travel

Europe

Preserving Digital Materials

The third edition of Preserving Digital Materials provides a survey of the digital preservation landscape. This book is structured around four questions: 1. Why do we preserve digital materials? 2. What digital materials do we preserve? 3. How do we preserve digital materials? 4. How do we manage digital preservation? This is a concise handbook and reference for a wide range of stakeholders who need to understand how preservation works in the digital world. It notes the increasing importance of the role of new stakeholders and the general public in digital preservation. It can be used as both a textbook for teaching digital preservation and as a guide for the many stakeholders who engage in digital preservation. Its synthesis of current information, research, and perspectives about digital preservation from a wide range of sources across many areas of practice makes it of interest to all who are concerned with digital preservation. It will be of use to preservation administrators and managers, who want a professional reference text, information professionals, who wish to reflect on the issues that digital preservation raises in their professional practice, and students in the field of digital preservation.

Weatherburn, Jaye

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