(INFLIBNET Centre, 2010-02-18) Chand, Prem; Rahman, Md. Ajazur; Ahmed, Jamil
Rare documents are the primary sources of historic information. Digital preservation of rare
documents restores it from loss, decay and theft. This paper discusses all these aspects with the practical approach planned for digital preservation, collection of its rare documents, conferences,
audios of important speakers and other collections of IIAS Library. The preservation of digital information and brief installation process of Dspace are an important part of this discussion.
Presently IIAS library has opted Dspace software for the development of digital archive.